youth Archive
The Obama administration has demonstrated in recent weeks that when it is committed to an issue, it will go to great lengths to make things happen. Take criminal and juvenile justice reform. The president recently initiated a number of policy …
White House Rolls Out Summer Opportunity Plan By Sarah Barr | February 26, 2016 WASHINGTON — The White House this week rolled out a multi-agency plan to help more teenagers land summer jobs. The plan aims to give youth who …
Robert Putnam proclaimed in his 2005 book Bowling Alone that social capital is dying. One of his leading examples is the steady decline in bowling league membership since the 1980s. According to Putnam, this decline signifies a loss of community …
By: Kristine Alarcon There is a growing number of pediatricians who decided to go beyond a check up of their child patients. Some are looking into their family history and digging deeper. Doctors, including Dr. R.J. Gillespie, are taking into …
County leadership in Los Angeles today passed a motion aimed at increasing protections for victims of child sex trafficking while also decreasing the stigma associated with this form of child abuse. A motion approved today by the Los Angeles County …
By Judge Steven Teske Juvenile Justice Information Exchange This hostility is not just measured by the number of arrests, but who we are arresting. When I visit cities around the country to deliver assistance, their data is similar to …
By Sarah Barr By Juvenile Justice Information Exchange WASHINGTON — A coalition of national advocacy organizations is calling for stronger relationships between racial justice and LGBTQ groups to help dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline. In a new report released two weeks …
I had been asleep for a few hours when I answered the call. At first, I did not realize it was my work cell phone. The caller on the other end was sobbing uncontrollably and in the background I could hear someone …
A social worker’s visit with youth offenders at Pelican Bay State Prison. By Wendy Smith The road to Pelican Bay State Prison led through majestic redwoods a stone’s throw from the stirring beauty of Pacific Ocean coastal waters. The concrete …
In January of 2015, Governor Lawrence J Hogan, Jr. assumed office making him only the second Republican Governor for the state of Maryland in the past 46 years. Hogan’s predecessor, Martin O’Malley, brought impactful social changes to the state during his incumbency, many …
