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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Waivers Help Reduce Foster Care Reliance, Finance Committee Hears

Four of the five states that have most reduced the number of children removed from their homes did so with waivers to...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Group Calls for Return of Social Security “Student Benefit”

Advocacy group Generations United last week released a report on the importance of Social Security for children, particularly those raised by grandparents,...

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Supreme Court Mulls Rules for Child Abuse Interviews on School Grounds

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the first of two cases this month about how state officials can interact...

Children’s Rights should include the Constitution’s #4

It had begun as an ordinary school day in Bend, Ore. for a nine-year-old girl I’ll call Sharon. But in the afternoon,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Diarist

I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but at least y’all will listen to my rant about the slicing, dicing legislatures...

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At Dallas Super Bowl, High Attention and Low Arrest Totals on Human Trafficking

Before the Super Bowl in Dallas, Harriet Boorhem, president of Promise House children’s shelter was contacted by the Dallas Police Department. Boorhem...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Obama’s 2012 Budget and Youth: A Breakdown

President Barack Obama released his 2012 budget today, which would fund most youth-focused programs and agencies at equal or greater levels to...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Cut-Heavy House Spending Would Eliminate AmeriCorps and YouthBuild, Among Others

Late Friday, the House Appropriations Committee released its proposed continuing resolution bill for fiscal 2011 spending, which includes plans to eliminate completely...

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Rationale for Regular Reporting on Health Disparities and Inequalities — United States

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social attributes such as differences in income and race/ethnicity make a difference in how likely Americans...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Diarist

Well, here I sit at home once again as Mother Nature blows sleet and snow all over this totally unprepared city. Dallas...

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Helping All of Our Homeless

Helping All of Our Homeless: Developing a Gay and Transgender Inclusive Federal Plan to End Homelessness Center for America Progress This study...

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Racial Bias in Child Protection?

Racial Bias in Child Protection? A Comparison of Competing Explanations Using National Data Pediatrics The disproportionate number of black children who are...

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Federal Judge Asks Holder for Mercy for Florida Woman

A federal appeals court judge has taken the unusual step of appealing directly to Attorney General Eric Holder to overturn a deportation...

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The Crossover Killer: Excerpt from “Raised by the Courts”

Yesterday, Youth Today printed the first half of our interview with Irene Sullivan, a former Florida juvenile judge and author of the...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Diarist

As all of you know, the Super Bowl is coming to Dallas. Well here’s a side to it that you never hear...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Strong Leadership, and a Smart Waiver, Transform Child Welfare in Florida

Shortly after then-Gov. Jeb Bush named her to run the Florida Department of Children and Families in 1999, Kathleen Kearney changed the...

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Rationale for Regular Reporting on Health Disparities and Inequalities — United States

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social attributes such as differences in income and race/ethnicity make a difference in how likely Americans...

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