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Advocates Urge Changes to Juvenile Standards on Prison Sex Abuse

The Justice Department should not require states to use medical staff members in detention and residential facilities to question juveniles about abusive...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Budget Directors Signal 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

Rep. Miller Takes Questions on Juvenile Justice Reauthorization

Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) spoke today about reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) in an interview on Juvenile...

Walsh Act Watch: Delaware Edition

Note: Because little attention is being paid to this in the mainstream media, JJ Today is going to give a brief profile...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Funding for violence prevention, Luzerne update, and more

We’ve been hard at work here on a crazy cover story for the May issue of Youth Today, and a few other...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

South Struggles With JJDPA Compliance in ’09; What About the Rest of the Country?

Five states and three U.S. territories were out of compliance last year with at least one of the four core requirements of...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

House Gets Started on Juvenile Justice Reauthorization

Note: This story has been updated The House Committee on Education and Labor today held its first hearing on the reauthorization of...

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Wagner to Resign as Head of National Network for Youth

The executive director of the National Network for Youth, which advocates for increased resources to aid homeless and runaway youth, will leave...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

CNCS Names Head of Social Innovation Fund

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) today announced the appointment of Bridgespan Group co-founder Paul Carttar to serve as director...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

College Diplomas, Income Elude Foster Care Alums

A study being released today of youths who aged out of foster care in three Midwestern states paints a grim picture of...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Whole Lotta Federal Funding

Funding Action: Engaging Law Enforcement to Reduce Juvenile Crime, Victimization, and Delinquency: For nonprofits or public agencies to help police departments implement...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: DOJ funding recap; LWOP cases next week?; Coalition for Juvenile Justice conference; and more

Note: this piece was updated on Monday morning Funding No new funding solicitations put out by the Department of Justice since we...

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Judges’ Council Support Elimination of Valid Court Order Exception

The board of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) voted over the weekend to support elimination of the...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Funding from DOJ; hearing on girls in JJ; and more

Funding The Department of Justice has issued solicitations for three pots of money that support mentoring programs: National Mentoring Programs: This would...

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States May Be Able to Shield Juveniles from Registries

States may be able to shield most juvenile sex offenders from inclusion on a public registry and still achieve compliance with the...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Hearing on sex abuse, new name in the OJJDP mix, and more

Note: This piece has been edited since its original publishing date of Friday, Feb. 26 Youth Today just finished its March issue,...

Weekly Notes: Indigent Defense conference convenes in D.C.; movement on OJJDP administrator search; and more

***Attorney General Eric Holder spoke to a standing room-only crowd yesterday at the Mayflower Hotel here in Washington, D.C., yesterday to kick...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Funding for mental health collaboration; increased attention to Walsh Act compliance; upcoming conferences and training

First, the Weekly Notes from last week: It snowed. And since then: It snowed. All the time, every day. JJ Today and...

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Three Nominees Confirmed for Major Youth Work Agencies

The Senate confirmed more than two dozen nominees of President Barack Obama yesterday, including three leaders of family and child-serving agencies. Patrick...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier