All posts tagged "Congress/Federal Policy"

• News

  Juvenile Justice Aid Faces More Cuts in New Federal Spending Plans

  Federal funding for state and local juvenile justice programs seems likely to take another big hit as Congress continues to slash federal...

• News

  Student Advocates Raise Concerns over Pending Student Loan Interest Rate Increase

  Student advocates worry that a pending interest rate increase on federally-administered student loans will further burden borrowers, potentially adding thousands of dollars...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: New grants doled out by Public Welfare, MacArthur; research on school crime; and more

  ***There are 331 days left in the first term of President Barack Obama, and the president has still not nominated someone to...

• News

  National Assembly Launches Portal on Social Welfare History

  The National Assembly has created a portal to historical websites on youth work and human services on its own web home. The...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Obama normalizes JJ budget for 2013; Report on Arkansas reform; and more

  ***There are 338 days left in the first term of President Barack Obama, and the president has still not nominated someone to...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  A Look at Youth-Related Spending in Obama’s 2013 Budget (Updated 2/14)

  President Barack Obama unveiled his 2013 budget proposal today, which calls for $3.8 trillion in spending and projects a $901 billion deficit...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: On legacies, desistance and drugs

  ***There are 345 days left in the first term of President Barack Obama, and the president has still not nominated someone to...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Ten States Get No Child Left Behind Act Waivers as Rewrite Proceeds in Congress

  Ten states have received waivers from the 2014 targets set by the No Child Left Behind Act, in exchange for agreeing to...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Virginia’s “Conscience Clause” Would Shield Child Welfare Providers from Sexuality Conflicts

  Virginia’s General Assembly is close to passing a law that will shield its faith-based child welfare partners from having to work with...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: PREA grants available, Walsh Act legislation, and next week’s council meeting

  ***Hope everyone who cares enjoys the Super Bowl. True story: JJ Today grew up equidistant from the Giants and Patriots, but attached...

• ► Reports

  The View from the Cliff

  Bridgespan Group For nonprofits that rely primarily on philanthropic support, membership or user fees, says the Bridgespan report, overall economic recovery is...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: The MacArth-nership; training program on services for crossover youth

  *** There are 368 days left in Obama’s first term, and there is still no nominee to serve as administrator of the...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  From the YT Archives: The Push for More L3Cs

  President Barack Obama spent part of his hour-long State of the Union address Tuesday discussing a partnership between business and academia aimed...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  State of the Union Speech Touches on DREAM Act, Dropout Laws and Job Training

  President Barack Obama delivered his third State of the Union speech last night, an hour-long oratory that focused mostly on success in...

• Weekly Notes: Hanes takes the helm; states facing big changes; and more

  The Notes is back from hibernation! Hope all of the readers are having a lovely 2012 so far. Our hearts go out...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Melodee Hanes Named Acting Administrator of OJJDP

  Melodee Hanes has replaced Jeff Slowikowski as acting administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, reaffirming what many already...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  National Hub Started for State Child Welfare Reform

  A group of nonprofits will work with the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation to establish a national hub for state child welfare...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  The fundamental failure of “Fostering Connections”

  The child welfare establishment couldn’t stop gushing over the Fostering Connections and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008. It was sold as the...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Laurie Robinson Leaving the Obama Administration in February

  Laurie Robinson, the assistant attorney general for the division of the Justice Department that oversees juvenile justice, announced in a message to...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Date set in LWOP case; Texas job loses one candidate, gains another; and more

  Happy holidays and Happy New Year to all our readers. Here is hoping that wherever they are, and whatever they did, juvenile...