As we mentioned yesterday, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention made the much-anticipated announcement of national mentoring grant winners. The...
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday announced the national juvenile mentoring grants: a total of $129 million that comes partially from Recovery...
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the national juvenile mentoring grants today, a total of $129 million in grants that comes partially...
Mullen now fears that if Randy is in the wrong place at the wrong time, “he would definitely end up going...
The National Youth Gang Center and the National Gang Center will merge to “leverage resources more effectively,” the U.S. Department of...
By Jeff Fleischer Years ago, in an open letter to his daughters, Henry Louis Gates Jr. wrote that he wanted to...
By Lisa H. Thurau The altercation here this summer between Professor Henry Gates and Officer Joseph Crowley raises important questions about what...
Note: This entry was corrected on Sept. 10 ***The Office of Justice Programs has posted a list of winners for the Local...
JJ Today was recently in the audience for a presentation on the D.C. juvenile justice system’s successes and challenges. A projector screen...
When it comes to legislating on behalf of Americans most in need of federal assistance, few congressmen have a legacy with the...
***The Department of Health and Human Services is taking applications for its Youth Empowerment Program (YEP), which provides grants of about $300,000...
JJ Today is hard at work on stories for the September issue of Youth Today, including one you’ll want to read about...
The staff of Youth Today was all over the JDAI conference last week. You can read all of our coverage of day...
Day one was jam-packed with interesting workshops, as well as moving keynote speeches from Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and author Dwayne Betts....
Once again, The Annie E. Casey Foundation has allowed the staff of Youth Today to skulk around the annual Juvenile Detention Alternatives...
Nobody in consideration wants to talk about it. Nobody who supports someone for one of the jobs wants to be quoted. Such...
Binghamton, N.Y., which a couple of years ago cut a police-organized youth basketball program when a federal grant ran out, now...
An amendment added to the enormous health care reform bill passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee would require states to...
An interesting decision was handed down by the New Mexico State Court of Appeals last week concerning juveniles transferred to adult courts....
If history is our guide, the recent elimination of Rochester’s curfew law by New York’s highest court will not be celebrated...