Just before Congress shut down the federal government, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) proposed a bill that would make a slew of changes to federal policy in regards to older foster youths, particularly those on a […]
Youth Services Insider caught a recent webinar organized by the American Bar Association, SPARC and First Focus on the Uninterrupted Scholars Act, which specifically dealt with how states and child welfare systems should go about […]
Youth Services Insider caught this oddly enough on a website about Arizona health jobs: Penn State is looking to fill seven tenure-track positions with faculty whose principal research interest is child maltreatment. The university’s need […]
Massachusetts has long had a good reputation for its low reliance on secure settings and for its development-minded approach to secure services. It will now include 17-year-olds, who have long been considered adults in the […]
As we reported last week, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a directive in late August that, in a nutshell, instructs its field offices to factor the parental status of people in their custody when […]
As Jody Serrano of the Texas Tribune reported yesterday, police officers at Texas schools will not be allowed to issue Class C misdemeanor tickets to students for the following treasonous crimes: chewing gum, class disruption, […]
In 2009, the Bureau of Justice Statistics solicited bids for the Survey of Juveniles Charged in Adult Criminal Courts, which was to assess several aspects of case processing for minors who were charged as adults […]
Hidden from public scrutiny in between decisions on voting rights and same-sex marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision yesterday that limited the scope of protections afforded to Native American biological parents […]
Youth Services Insider gives major kudos to the Tampa Bay Times and The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) for their joint special on America’s 50 Worst Charities. Youth-serving advocates and direct service providers will grimace […]
Youth Services Insider came across this solicitation this week from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The agency has $150,000 to spend on a fellow of some repute to help assess the strengths […]
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