Youth Today
All posts tagged "state policy"
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1.8K► ReportsThe Price of Justice: The High Cost of “Free” Counsel for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
This report from the Juvenile Law Center shows how numerous states across the nation permit or even require the cost of court-appointed...
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2.1K► ReportsYouth Justice in Europe: Providing Developmentally Appropriate Responses to Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System
As the diverse states of Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Vermont consider becoming the first US states to extend their juvenile courts’ jurisdictions...
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1.4K► ReportsStranded: How States Maroon Districts in Financial Distress
This new report from EdBuild shows how financially distressed school districts are left with no options for funding and are often at...
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1.9K► ReportsNew Zealand’s Youth Justice Transformation: Lessons for the U.S.
The National Juvenile Justice Network takes a look at the successes of New Zealand's juvenile justice system and discusses how the United...
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1.7K► ReportsThe State of Preschool 2017
The latest edition of the National Institute for Early Education Research's annual report discusses the latest trends in public preschool quality, availability...
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2.2K► ReportsStemming the Tide: Diverting Youth with Mental Health Conditions from the Illinois Juvenile Justice System
The Illinois Mental Health Opportunities for Youth Diversion Task Force authored this report which demonstrates the mental health issues of youth involved...
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3.3K► NewsmakersFrancis Guzman Receives the Juvenile Law Center’s 2018 Leadership Prize
Francis V. Guzman has been announced as a recipient of the Juvenile Law Center’s 2018 Leadership Prize. Guzman has helped to catapult...
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3.0K► ReportsHow To Fix the Large and Growing Latinx Teacher-Student Gap
This new report from the Center for American Progress highlights the shortage of Latinx teachers in American schools relative to the student...
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2.1K► ReportsAccelerating the Pace: The Future of Education in the American South
This new report from the seven southern education organizations which make up the Columbia Group demonstrates a new path to the improvement...
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2.3K► ReportsQuality Counts 2018 – Grading the States
The 22nd edition of Education Week's Quality Counts report comprehensively ranks every state's school system, giving every state a letter grade from...
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2.1K► ReportsDisregarding the Best Interest of the Child: License to Discriminate In Child Welfare Services
This brief from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation discusses the troubling state legislative push over the past several years to allow taxpayer-funded...
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1.8K► ReportsA Punishing Decade for School Funding
This new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities discusses the sharp decline in state-level public investment in K-12 schools...
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Raising the Bar: State Trends in Keeping Youth Out of Adult Courts
The Campaign for Youth Justice published this latest update and summary of the progress made by states in reforming their state justice...
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2017 Home Visiting Yearbook
This new report from the National Home Visiting Resource Center brings together comprehensive data on the current state of childhood home visiting...
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2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book
The latest edition of the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation provides a comprehensive snapshot of the...
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Grants
Juvenile Justice Emergency Planning Demonstration Program Grants
Subject: Juvenile Justice, Youth Welfare | Deadline: June 26, 2017
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Implementing Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Reforms
The Urban Institute summarizes and analyzes the effectiveness of the implementation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Juvenile Justice...
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Grants
Juvenile Justice System Reform Support Program Grants
Subject: Juvenile Justice, Policy Reform | Deadline: June 29, 2017
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Juvenile Court Statistics 2014
This new report form the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) takes a comprehensive and statistical look at delinquency and petitioned status...
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayBathroom Bills and Trans Youth
As a queer Jewish teenager, I have the uncommon privilege of having relationships with people between 20 and 50 years older than...
