A court-mandated reform plan for Ohio should mean more use of small, community-based programs for youth and the hiring of more staff...
Los Angeles Times Having their “tags,” or graffiti signatures, viewed by a few thousand commuters each day apparently isn’t enough exposure for...
The Jesse Ball DuPont Fund has awarded $500,000 to the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) of Oakland, Calif., to develop...
http://www.youtube.com/jjreform The Campaign for Youth Justice, which fights the incarceration of youth in adult prisons, has launched its own channel on YouTube....
A ban on detaining juvenile status offenders and money for mental health services were added to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention...
Movement of a bill to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act was stalled today by partisan tension over judicial nominees....
Youth Today’s ongoing coverage of questionable grant making by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Detention and Delinquency Prevention. Join the Discussion about OJJDP Bill...
Yet another congressional committee is demanding answers and changes regarding how the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awards grants....
A U.S. Senate committee today joined the investigation into whether the federal juvenile justice office awarded competitive grants based on political favoritism...
Medicaid rules that would slash funds spent on youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have been delayed because of...
By Grace Lavigne A congressional bill that began as an attempt to regulate privately run residential programs for troubled adolescents has expanded...
A federal juvenile justice official who was fired on June 24 had helped selected organizations apply for Justice Department grants past the...
A Senate bill introduced in late June offers no promises, but could dramatically increase funding for juvenile justice and allow more of...
As part of Youth Today‘s ongoing coverage of grant-making abnormalities at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), associate editor...
J. Robert Flores calmly sat before a congressional committee yesterday and steadfastly defended himself against accusations from his own staff that he...
The head of the nation’s juvenile justice office and his chief of staff helped favored organizations win competitive grants, pressured staffers to...
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the administrator of its juvenile justice office used government funds to take trips that were...
When it comes time to decide who gets millions of dollars in grants, the head of the federal juvenile justice agency doesn’t...
Mentaberry: “We disagreed with the government.” When staffers at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges filled out timesheets to...
A federal judge has let officials at Chicago’s juvenile detention center ignore part of a union contract in order to help them...