All posts tagged "Congress/Federal Policy"

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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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  Q&A: Juvenile Judge Irene Sullivan, Part Two

  On Wednesday, we ran the first part of Youth Today’s interview with former juvenile judge Irene Sullivan, author of the recently released...

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  Q&A: Juvenile Judge Irene Sullivan, Part One

  In 1998, Irene Sullivan took a seat on the Florida Circuit Court’s Unified Family Court in Pinellas County after two decades in...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: PREA Rules and Juveniles; State of the Union; a call on administration to fill OJJDP job

  ***The Justice Department issued proposed rules and standards this week for the Prison Rape Elimination Act, which was passed in 2003 to...

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  ‘Gainful Employment’ Battle Rages On

  Amid of flurry of legal actions and ad campaigns seeking elimination or softening/toughening and quick enforcement of the Department of Education’s proposed...

• Weekly Notes: New juvenile justice leadership in states; Walsh Act workshop; Scared Straight episode 2; and more

  ***Yesterday, we covered structural changes to a number of the independent state JJ agencies over the past three years. Another big change...

• 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...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  No Federal Funds in Sight for Summer Jobs

  With 2009 federal Recovery Act funding for summer jobs used up and no word yet on whether some states might be able...

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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...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: More on Beyond Scared Straight; OJJDP’s Plan for 2011; and more

  ***Episode one of the A&E documentary “Beyond Scared Straight” is in the books. The seven-episode series will follow juveniles and at-risk youths...

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  For-Profit Colleges Intensify Lobbying on Proposed Rules

  A year of congressional hearings, bad publicity, falling enrollments and federal rule modifications has led to major changes in the for-profit private...

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  New ‘Scared Straight’ Series Backs Discredited Strategy

  Supporters and critics of “scared straight” programs – which generally entail youths visiting prisons and prisoners in hopes that the experience will...

• Weekly Notes: Walsh guidelines are finalized, a new fed council on reentry, and more

  Hope everyone out there in juvenile justice land had a wonderful start to 2011! Rumors of Weekly Notes’ demise have been greatly...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Diarist

  Happy New Year, Everyone!  During the holidays, I came up with a small list of resolutions our government should make in 2011...

• 2011 Could Be Big Year for Some Juvenile Drug Treatment Programs

  We might be reading the tea leaves too much here, but it seems that multiple factors may align to spur an investment...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  With No Government Regulations, Online High Schools Can Be Costly Pursuits

    By Mc Nelly Torres Florida Center for Investigative Reporting Rodolfo M. Rodriguez, a 24-year-old cashier at a gas station in Davie,...

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  States Starting to Move on Federal Guardianship, Foster Care-to-21 Programs

  More than a year after passage of  a law intended to give more support to youths aging out of foster care, the...

• Walsh Act Watch: The Pseudo-Extension (Updated)

  Note: This piece was corrected on December 16 to clarify that the legislation, not the Department of Justice, is responsible for the...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  List of Juvenile Justice Pork in Omnibus Spending Bill

  There are more than 6,000 earmarks in the Senate’s proposed 2011 omnibus spending bill, according to a master list compiled by the...

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  Scott Defends PROMISE Act Merger; Juvenile Advocacy Coalition Opposes It

  The bill combining Rep. Bobby Scott’s (D-Va.) Youth PROMISE Act (YPA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) Gang Abatement and Prevention Act has...