All posts tagged "Congress/Federal Policy"

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Congress Makes Further Cuts to Juvenile Justice Funding

  Note: This story was updated on Nov. 18 House and Senate appropriations leaders finalized a “minibus” spending package that further reduces the...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Tough choices loom for OJJDP on state; a look at “crossover youths”; and more

  Notes is back after a week hiatus to put some work in on the November print edition of Youth Today. Happy Veterans...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Leaving Homeless Children Behind

  Every parent of a child in public school knows that getting that child to and from school is a shared responsibility.  Depending...

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  Thousands Put in Foster Care While Parents Are Deported

  Thousands of U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants are currently living in foster care while their parents are detained or deported, according to...

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  State Budget Cuts: America’s Kids Pay the Price

  Every Child Matters Education Fund Though the title alludes to fiscal decisions at the state level, this advocacy piece begins by hammering...

• Fearmongering for COPS Funding

  Back when the first “stimulus” bill – the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA – came out in 2009, JPI and...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Justice food fights with grantees; budget looks like a done deal; new resources from OJJDP

  ***There are 450 days left in the presidential term of Barack Obama, and there is still no nominee to serve as administrator...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Obama Announces Student Loan Repayment Changes

  President Barack Obama will announce Wednesday that beginning in January students who take out federal college loans will be able to repay...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: 2012 spending could pass soon; Day 1,002; report on future for youth-serving nonprofits

  ***Day number 1,002 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and...

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  Senate Committee Passes Education Bill That Strengthens Education Stability for Foster Children

  The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind education bill last night, which...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Senate Education Rewrite Halted Abruptly by Angry Senator

  A Senate committee’s markup of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was stopped abruptly early this afternoon when Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.),...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Webcast, Guide on Stable Educational Experiences for Foster Youths

  As Senate work stalled today on overhauling the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a group of child welfare advocates hosted a webcast...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Survey shows overwhelming support for juvenile rehabilitation; Juvenile Woodstock wraps up; day 1,000 approaches

  ***The Campaign for Youth Justice released findings from a 1,000 person national survey this week about adults’ attitudes on juvenile services. Click...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Notes from Juvenile Woodstock

  All this week, JJ Today is roaming the hallways and meeting rooms of the National Juvenile Justice Conference hosted by the Office...

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  Harkin Files Comprehensive ESEA Rewrite in Senate

  A comprehensive new Elementary and Secondary Education Act draft, filed today by Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Justice doles out grants; Casey’s shifting juvenile focus; Youth Justice Awareness Month; and more

  ***Day 988 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Age-raise push begins in New York; Florida dismisses state advisory group; and more

  ***When New York Chief Judge Lippman proposed a revolutionary change to the state’s juvenile justice system last week, Michael Corriero – a...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  House Approps Would Eliminate AmeriCorps, Increase Head Start Funding

  The House Appropriations Committee made public today a proposed spending bill that would eliminate AmeriCorps, increase funding for Head Start and limit...

• Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Online Diarist

  Note: To provide some context for what follows: Ms. Boorhem is writing about her belief that the U.S. Department of Housing and...

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  Foster Children with Incarcerated Parents a Murky Subject for States, Report Finds

  States child welfare agencies are resistant to pursuing reunification with parents – 30,000 or more – who are incarcerated while their child...