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Rethinking Educational Neglect for Teenagers: New Strategies for New York State

Rethinking Educational Neglect for Teenagers: New Strategies for New York State Vera Institute of Justice Cases of educational neglect, defined in...

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Study Questions Child Welfare Systems’ Drug Policies

More than two-thirds of state child welfare systems employ health professionals that handle the use of psychotropic drugs, but far fewer have...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

38 States Get Federal Adoption Bonuses

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it has granted adoption incentive awards totaling $39 million to 38 states and...

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Gay Adoption Ban Overturned in Florida

Florida’s ban on adoptions by gay people is unconstitutional, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday, clearing the way for homosexuals to adopt...

Florida Will Keep Using Federal Money to Keep Kids Out of Foster Care

The federal government has given Florida permission to continue a foster care funding program that has been credited with reducing child abuse...

Do Foster Parents Need a PTA?

In an effort to help confront a perpetual problem for foster youth – lack of parental involvement in their schools and education...

Proof Positive

By Christine James-Brown It works! For those of us who work in the nonprofit arena, making a case for investing in programs...

‘Feed the Children’ Locked in Dispute With Founder

The founder of Feed the Children is fighting to get his job back, while the organization confronts lawsuits, a state attorney general’s...

Do Foster Parents Need a PTA?

In an effort to help confront a perpetual problem for foster youth – lack of parental involvement in their schools and education...

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Chief of Juvenile Judges’ Group Steps Down

By Patrick Boyle and John Kelly Those who have worked with Mary Mentaberry, executive director of the National Council of Juvenile and...

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More Children Being Raised by Grandparents

Since the Start of the Great Recession, More Children Raised by Grandparents Pew Research Center The number of children living with their...

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School District Wellness Policies: Evaluating Progress and Potential for Improving Children’s Health Three Years After the Federal Mandate

Recognizing that the structure of a school environment, coupled with widespread national participation in school-based nutrition programs, could be used to promote...

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Secrecy About Abuse Deaths Stirs a Storm

The department that investigates child abuse for Los Angeles County is under attack for allegedly hiding information about children who died under...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

RWJ Anti-Obesity Grants Focus on Blacks, Hispanics

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded a total of $2 million to five civil rights groups as part of its campaign...

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Abstinence Program in China a Milestone for U.S. Evangelicals

Focus on the Family, the conservative Christian nonprofit, is seeing its abstinence-only education programs take off in China after years of working...

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New UNICEF Study Shifts Focus toward Most Disadvantaged

The UN Children’s Fund released two studies on Tuesday that suggest millions more lives can be saved if aid is administered on...

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Who and Where Are America’s Uninsured Children?

Who And Where Are The Children Yet To Enroll In Medicaid And The Children’s Health Insurance Program? Health Affairs As the federal...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Audit OKs ACF Process for Awarding Recovery Act Funds

Administration for Children and Families Child Care Bureau—Internal Control Review of the Process for Awarding American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds U.S....

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