All posts tagged "Congress/Federal Policy"

• News

  Letter from 19 Congressmen Urges Obama to Name a leader at OJJDP

  A group of 19 congressmen is pressing the Obama White House to fill the long-vacant post of administrator of the Office of...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Bill Would Make AmeriCorps Education Award Tax-Free

  A bipartisan bill introduced last week would mean AmeriCorps alumni would not have to pay taxes on the educational awards they earn...

• News

  Q&A: Bryan Samuels, Obama’s Top Child Welfare Appointee

  Bryan Samuels, who has served for more than a year now as President Barack Obama’s Commissioner for the Administration on Children, Youth...

• News

  Former Florida Child Welfare Boss Will Lead Administration for Children and Families

  George Sheldon, the former head of Florida’s Department of Children and Families, will lead the Administration for Children and Families for President...

• Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Interesting research on private justice funding; Iraq’s juvenile justice system; upcoming events; and more

  ***Notes is back after a one-week hiatus brought on by, of all things, a website hacker. When we opened up the Youth...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  For Guidance on For-Profit Colleges, Look to the GI Bill

  After Congress decided to give soldiers returning home from World War II the opportunity to pursue a college education, thousands of for-profit...

• The Straight Dope on Fake Dope

  [This article was reprinted with permission from the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange] In Jordan Cox’s view, it was a waste of money....

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Children’s Bureau Looking for Input on Improving Review of State Child Welfare Systems

  The Department of Health and Human Services is taking suggestions on how to redesign the Child and Family Services Review, the main...

• Weekly Notes: Will Texas merger lead to community program investment?; Upcoming meetings; and more

  ***The Texas Public Policy Foundation expressed support this week for the merger of the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  For-Profit Colleges, Allies Spend $4.5 Million Lobbying Against Gainful Employment

  For-profit colleges and their allies in the battle against greater regulation by the U.S. Department of Education spent more than $4.5 million...

• It’s Time to End Zero Tolerance in Schools: A Call To Action

  It is too early to know whether the current wave of school reforms in the United States will lead to lasting improvements...

• Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: LWOP action; kids trying to get tried as adults; and more

  ***Day number 823 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Education in Juvie

  After a long, frustrating wait for action on any juvenile justice-related legislation, the pending reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Youth Today Guide to For-Profit Schools

  For-profit colleges and universities aim their hard-sell marketing pitch at the kids who are least prepared to make informed choices and the...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Most Youth Programs Survive Budget Battle Ax, with Trims

  Federal funding for youth services weathered the fiscal 2011 budget standoff with what could best be described as limited but significant casualties....

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Recidivism apples vs. Recidivism oranges; juvenile justice and the 2011 budget deal; guide to for-profit colleges; and more

  ***The staff at Youth Today has been hard at work finishing up our April print issue, which by the way include our...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes (Updated 4/11): OJJDP during a Gov’t Shutdown; OJJDP job and Senate confirmations; request to ban juveniles from adult lockup; and more

  UPDATE: Well, another last-minute deal averted a federal shutdown for now. The section immediately below was written in anticipation of one, and...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  UPDATED Weekly Notes: White House stands down on juvenile justice overhaul; new trainings; and more

  [Note: The first entry in this column was updated after additional information was announced by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

• Federal Background Checks Vital for Youth Programs

  Imagine you are a child having trouble feeling secure in your home environment. Or, maybe your parents are incarcerated. Or, perhaps, you...

• Weekly Notes: More thoughts on Supreme Court case; resource for selling juvenile justice reform to GOP; and more

  ***The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in J.D.B. v North Carolina on Wednesday, a case that might change the rules for...