All posts tagged "Congress/Federal Policy"

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: JJDPA reauthorization; Florida’s new detention law; and more

  *** Day 974 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Study Says U.S. Lags Behind Developed Countries on Youth Investments

  The United States should establish a cabinet-level youth department to why the country is falling behind most other developed countries on youth...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Senate Approps Approves Health, Labor and Education Spending Bill

  Note: This story was updated on Sept. 29 The Senate Appropriation Committee approved a spending bill for the Departments of Education, Labor,...

• Foster Care Until 21 Should Be the Rule, Not the Exception

  It has become the most poignant image of foster care in America: the plastic garbage bag. That’s the luggage that 18-year-olds often...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Juvenile Justice Appropriations set up potential battle of youth advocates; North Carolina partners invest in juvenile drug treatment; and more

  ***As reported yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill for the Department of Justice, which includes $251 million for the...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Senate Approps Cuts Federal Juvenile Programs Deeply, But Funds All of Them

  The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill this afternoon that would fund the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Day 960; attempts to expand on Graham v Florida; and more

  ***Day 960 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Obama Plan Includes Summer Jobs for Youth, Unemployment Protection for Families

  Note: This article was updated and corrected Sept. 9. President Barack Obama laid out a job creation plan tonight that includes funding...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Dwindling federal funds impact on compliance; teen and youth court training in Vegas; and more

  ***Day 953 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

• Weekly Notes: Mari Kay Bickett on the future of the Judges’ Council; Justice nixes two juvenile grants; Beyond Scared Straight 2.0; and more

  ***Day 939 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Agenda for Juvenile Woodstock; NYC’s plan for young minority men; Walsh Act update; and more

  ***Day 925 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

• News

  After Interning on Capitol Hill, Former Foster Youth Challenge Child Welfare’s Accountablity

  States should not receive federal funding for foster care if they are not providing high-quality services, caseworkers should not be allowed to...

• The Case for a Minimum Age in Juvenile Justice

  There has been important and productive attention to increasing the maximum jurisdictional age for juvenile offenders to one’s 18th birthday. It is...

• Research

  Weekly Notes: Remembering Allen Breed; Louisiana Juvenile Justice and antipsychotics; where private facility closures are happening; and more

  ***Justice justice has lost another luminary. Allen Breed, former head of the California Youth Authority and head of the National Institute of...

• News

  Seven States Comply with Federal Sex Offender Registry at Deadline

  Note: This article was initially posted on July 27 and updated on July 28 Seven more states have come into substantial compliance...

• ► Reports

  Kids’ Share 2011: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2010

  The Brookings Institution and The Urban Institute The fifth annual Kids’ Share report represents a milestone in the analysis and reporting of...

• Weekly Notes: Justice leader says OJJDP not going anywhere; few recommendations come out of juvenile justice working groups; and more

  ***Day 909 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

• How More Flexibility in Federal Education Funding Will Hurt Low-Income and Minority Students

  The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce recently sent to the full House a bill that is designed to provide...

• News

  Obama Administration to Fight Harsh School Discipline

  The U.S. Justice and Education departments are making disruption of the “school to prison” pipeline – which can begin with minor school...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Walsh compliance more attractive with low approps?; new stats on incarcerated juveniles; and more

  ***Day 900 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...