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All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"
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News
‘Beyond Scared Straight’ Renewed for Second Season
“Beyond Scared Straight,” a popular and controversial cable television reality show that was criticized by Department of Justice officials for depicting a...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
House Appropriations Committee Eliminates Most Juvenile Justice Funding
A spending bill that eliminates most federal funding for juvenile justice activities was approved today by the House Appropriations Committee, and is...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Lots at Stake as House Approps Marks Up 2012 Juvenile Justice Spending Tomorrowas
The committee that holds the purse strings for federal juvenile justice programs is set to mark up the juvenile justice budget, which...
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News
‘Beyond Scared Straight’ Renewed for Second Season
“Beyond Scared Straight,” a popular and controversial cable television reality show that was criticized by Department of Justice officials for depicting a...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
House Approps May Gut Spending on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
The House subcommittee that oversees Justice Department funding produced an appropriations bill this week that would slash activities authorized by the Juvenile...
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Weekly Notes: National conference in October looms large; L.A. Times rips Obama for lack of juvenile leadership; documentary on juveniles in sex trade; and more
***Day 893 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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Research
National Guard Youth Academies: One Promising Option for Disconnected Youth
A new study suggests that a program run by the National Guard can help dropouts who are ready to reconnect and move...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Minnesota, Leader in Youth Services, Has Shut Down (UPDATED JULY 7)
Some youth programs in Minnesota are being threatened by a shutdown of the state government brought on by an impasse over the...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Unconfirmed OJJDP administrators; compliance-less states; new resource on effective programs
Happy Independence Day. Be safe on the roads and around the grill! ***Day 886 of the President Barack Obama administration and still...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards July 2011
2011 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award For: Commitment to increasing California’s health care workforce and its diversity. By: The California Wellness...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers July 2011
Nonprofits Roxanne Spillett, who has led the Atlanta-based Boys & Girls Clubs of America since 1996, announced she will step down as...
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News
Supreme Court Takes Two Views on Questioning Youths
The U.S. Supreme Court, deciding cases about questioning youths, sidestepped the constitutional questions surrounding interviewing children in their schools about alleged child...
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News
Minor Adjustments
Note: This story was corrected on June 30. The initial story mistakenly reported that Kirk Gunderson had a heroin addiction; he in...
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News
Felon for Life or Juvenile Detention?
The decision to raise the age of jurisdiction for juvenile courts comes with doubts attached for some of the youths affected. Many...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
YouthBuild Again Wins Funds to Work with Dropout Juvenile Offenders
Eight months after being stripped of a $10 million Department of Labor (DOL) grant it received to help dropouts and juvenile offenders...
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News
Senate Passes Bill That Strips Confirmation Requirement for Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare Jobs
The Senate passed by a 79-20 margin today the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011, which would remove the Senate...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Streamlining the Confirmation Process Is Good for Everybody
We members of a special bipartisan commission to help reform the federal appointments process support the enactment of the Presidential Appointment Efficiency...
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Weekly Notes: OJJDP job headed for non-confirmation status; education rewrite and school-to-prison pipeline; and more
***Day 879 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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► Reports
Three-Year Results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Evaluation
MDRC This report analyzes the results of the National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe program, which targets high school dropouts between ages 16 and...
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Weekly Notes: Reentry funding available; additional thoughts on Supreme Court Case; and more
***Day number 872 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and...
