All posts tagged "Congress/Federal Policy"

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  Report Questions the Value of Character Education

  A nearly 700-page federal report says character education – a pillar of former president George W. Bush’s youth policy – does not...

• Research

  Weekly Notes: OJJDP to host national JJ conference; briefing on the intersect between research and pending bills; and more

  Happy Halloween to all! Hope everyone gets in the spirit. Yours truly will be haunting around town in this get-up. ***As everyone...

• News

  New Coalition to Focus on Service-Learning’s Role in Education

  The St. Paul, Minn.-based National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) is organizing a national coalition of leaders to think about education policy and...

• Weekly Notes: Panel reviews sex victimization survey in JJ facilities, and more

  Quick one today, as we are hard at work preparing the November/December issue of Youth Today. The upcoming issue includes a look...

• For-profit schools lobby to avoid proposed federal aid rule

  For-profit colleges and trade schools have launched a high-priced campaign against Obama administration reforms to for-profits’ access to federal aid, the Washington...

• Another OJJDP Candidate: Jane Tewksbury

  California judge and former prosecutor Kurt Kumli was the only name that had reached  JJ Today from the recent round of interviews...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Luzerne update, local budget woes, Family Justice Act, and more

  ***Members of Congress are home campaigning, so, of course, no news out of Washington on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act....

• More Must be Done to Reduce Minority Contact in Juvenile Justice

  By Nancy Gannon Hornberger and Gina E. Wood  Unfairness plagues our nation’s juvenile justice systems. Shocking racial inequities in juvenile justice are...

• News

  Dream Act Still a Dream of Obama

  Washington, D.C. – The Obama administration will keep immigration reform as a “top priority” and is looking for bipartisan support to re-introduce...

• Weekly Notes: JJ mess in Maryland; new resource on girls programs; and more

  JJ Today is back home in Washington, D.C., fresh off a trip to the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Conference in Kansas City (click...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Breaking Down the Juvenile Justice Grants (UPDATED Sept. 30)

  ***The Office of Justice Programs has released its 2010 grants over the past few weeks; the agency has until Oct. 1 to...

• Weekly Notes: Interesting recs discussed by JJ Council; new Youtube video pushes reauthorization; and more

  ***First, a quick teaser for “Psych Meds Behind Bars,” a major story coming out in the October edition of Youth Today, which...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Justice Names Major Mentoring Grant Winners

  Some of the biggest organizations in youth work were winners of the Justice Department’s National Mentoring grants announced Wednesday. They are: *...

• Weekly Notes: New Candidate for OJJDP; Youth Court Month; upcoming events; and more

  ***The name of one candidate for the administrator position at the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has emerged this...

• Audit Released on OJJDP’s Recovery Act Mentoring Program

  The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (IG) just released its audit of some Recovery Act spending by the...

• News

  Education Department to Increase Scrutiny of Proprietary Colleges

  The U.S. Department of Education will hire 60 more investigators and increase the number of investigations by 50 percent, partly in response...

• News

  Nazario Leaves ACF to Care for Husband

  Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Carmen Nazario resigned on July 19 from the top job at the Administration for Children and...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Child Nutrition Bills Stalled in Congress

  Michelle Obama has pleaded with the U.S. Congress (in a Washington Post opinion piece). Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) has pleaded with her...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Hornberger, Choice of Some Nat’l Advocates, Not on Justice’s Short List?

  Office of Justice Programs boss Laurie Robinson told JJ Today last week that the department was in the process of interviewing a...

• News

  Committee to Begin Work on JJDPA Effectiveness

  A committee tasked with assessing the impact of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act will hold its first public meeting starting...