The need for training on juvenile justice issues is great at a time when funding for such training is declining in many...
***Day 960 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
The time is ripe for some states to reduce their reliance on youth incarceration, according to a report issued today by a...
Nonprofits The Girl Scouts of the USA selected one of its own to succeed Kathy Cloninger as its chief executive officer. Anna...
In December 2010, Washington attorney Jennifer Podkul received a call from the Department of Homeland Security inspector general’s office, asking to speak...
***Day 953 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
Last Updated: August 15 Since the U.S. economy went into a tailspin in 2008, states have faced tough choices on spending. Significant...
***Day 946 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
***Day 939 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
Former Florida juvenile and family court judge Irene Sullivan agreed to check out the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges...
Note: This is the second part of a recap of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges annual conference, written...
As the old adage goes, and bears repeating once again: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The best...
Child Welfare The top Miami administrator of Florida’s Department of Children and Families, who was reprimanded for the handling of the Barahona...
***Day 925 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
There has been important and productive attention to increasing the maximum jurisdictional age for juvenile offenders to one’s 18th birthday. It is...
***Justice justice has lost another luminary. Allen Breed, former head of the California Youth Authority and head of the National Institute of...
Youths incarcerated across Louisiana and the New Orleans metropolitan area are getting dosed with potent antipsychotic drugs even when they have not...
Note: This article was initially posted on July 27 and updated on July 28 Seven more states have come into substantial compliance...
Child Welfare As more children are placed in foster families, adopted or returned to their birth parents, the number of group foster...
Child Welfare Gay teens in Massachusetts are more likely to be homeless than their heterosexual peers, according to new research from the...