All posts tagged "Congress/Federal Policy"

• Weekly Notes: Walsh Act Delayed; LWOP in Penn.; Illinois’ mental health problem; and more

  ***Pennsylvania leads the nation in two things: cheese steak consumption and locking up juveniles for life without parole (LWOP). One of those...

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  Third Time a Charm for Juvenile Justice Nomination?

  Justice Department officials are close to completing interviews with a third round of candidates to lead the Office of Juvenile Justice and...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Promise Neighborhood Funding at Stake in Congress Tuesday

    Supporters of the federal initiative to replicate the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) have been working to sway the funding decision of...

• Weekly Notes: Making the budget crunch work for reform; NY settles with DOJ; Illinois juvenile boss resigns; and more

  News ***Nice resource here from the National Juvenile Justice Network on using the state budget crunch to one’s advantage as an advocate...

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  For-Profit College Reform Leads to Increase in Short Selling

  Controversy continues to swirl around for-profit colleges as the behind-the-scenes role of hedge funds on the industry is called into question, according...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  New Reports Predict Downturn in Federal Funding for Children

  Two new reports – both from the youth advocacy group First Focus – present the prospect of a troubling future for the...

• Weekly Notes: Justice Wants Your Feedback, Drug Courts on Chopping Block, and more

  ***A bit of federal news: The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is soliciting public comments and feedback on the...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Weekly Notes: Juvenile Court Stats; Profs for JJPDA Reauthorization…and more

  NEWS *** The Pittsburgh-based National Center for Juvenile Justice published its Juvenile Court Statistics 2006-2007 online last week, and also released four...

• New Walsh Act Rules Allow States to Shield Juveniles…Sort Of

  The Justice Department proposed new rules this summer that would make it optional for states to include most juvenile sex offenders on...

• Walsh Act Watch: Florida Edition

  Florida became the third state to gain substantial compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, part of the larger Adam...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Federal JJ Issues Languishing; Funds for Mentoring Available; and more

  Hope everyone’s summer is going swimmingly, pun intended! Notes has been on hiatus while Youth Today wraps up the final print edition...

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  Obama Nominates Seven to Fill CNCS Board Slots

  President Barack Obama announced a slate of nominees to fill seven of the eight vacant positions on the Corporation for National and...

• Spriggs Withdraws from OJJDP Consideration (Updated June 16)

  Vicki Spriggs, executive director of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, has withdrawn from consideration for the top job at the Justice Department’s...

• Weekly Notes: Quiet in the Capital, Upcoming conferences and more

  ***On the surface, all is quiet on the JJ front in the nation’s capital. No news on a nominee to lead OJJDP,...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Budget Director Signals Probable Cuts for Youth Programs

  The president’s budget director fired a warning shot at federally funded youth programs today, saying the government wastes money on too many...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: New funding from OJJDP; Scathing report on Luzerne scandal; PROMISE Act goes viral; and more

  ***A couple of new solicitations from OJJDP: Group Mentoring Research and Evaluation Program: To evaluate the effectiveness of group mentoring programs at...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Three Names in Mind at Justice for OJJDP Job

  This article was corrected on May 27 Sources close to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention say three people are...

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  Supreme Court Bans Life Without Parole for Some Juveniles

  Note: This story was updated May 18 The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today that life without parole for juveniles not involved in...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  New Funding from OJJDP: Juvenile Sex Offenders, Exposure to Violence, Indigent Defense

  Of course, the one time we get the Weekly Notes done early, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention adds really...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Fed Grants Process for Runaway/Homeless Needs Work, GAO Says

  The Family and Youth Services Bureau needs to improve the application process used in  awarding grants to service providers for runaway and...