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11 May 2012, 11:02 am by Lori Howell
Opinion: Trying youths as adults hurts families and taxpayers, but not crime (Christian Science Monitor)  Most youth cases that end up in adult court, get there automatically – a result of laws, for instance, that set the age for adult trial at 16 or 17. [read post]
25 Oct 2021, 9:05 pm by Robyn Powell
Although children of parents with disabilities comprise only 9 percent of the nation’s youth, they make up 19 percent of the children in foster care. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 4:01 am by Lori Howell
Juvenile Justice Reform Studying the gap between boys and girls inside the department of juvenile services (WYPR Public Radio) Maryland Morning Radio talks with Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit head Nick Moroney about how things have –- or haven’t -– changed for girls in the juvenile justice system. [read post]
21 Jun 2012, 10:43 am
I have been able to work first-hand with many of the families involved with the Department of Child Services (DCS) through my work as a Guardian Ad Litem. [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 7:24 pm by Mary Whisner
National Adoption Month (November) and National Adoption Day (Nov. 20) are meant to raise awareness about the adoption of children and youth from foster care. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 9:05 pm by Saba Mengesha
The Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. [read post]
1 Mar 2022, 9:40 am by Chase Strangio
Abbott and Paxton, along with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, want to investigate families simply for following best practice medicine and supporting their trans kids through lifesaving, medically necessary health care. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 7:00 am by Jillian Beck
The proposed child welfare law certification focuses on attorneys who serve as ad litems for children and parents or who represent the state in child protection cases brought by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 8:26 am
Despite a high wind advisory by the National Weather Service, camp counselors took the youths outside for a walk as part of a survival training activity. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 7:00 am
He most recently led Washington, DC's Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, where he turned a troubled agency that was on the verge of being placed under court supervision into a national model. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 3:02 pm
As defined in the substitute bill, "child-serving agency" includes the above-listed departments, the Office of the Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families and the Department of Health, as well any local governmental agency that receives funding for the purpose of providing services to children from a state child-serving agency. [read post]
31 Jan 2015, 8:50 pm by Shana Tabak
Perhaps the most disturbing signal that children’s most basic rights are violated is the high level of mental distress among the youth in detention. [read post]
4 Sep 2013, 4:37 am by Wade C. Jacobsen
She highlights the role of the youth's social environment and mental health and finds evidence in favor of family-based treatment models. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 9:36 am by H. G.
Center) mainly focuses on children and youth with disabilities, but provides many useful resources for parents including parent support groups listed by county. [read post]
10 Jan 2024, 9:19 am by West Resendes
Department of Education confirms that the LRE is not automatically the provision of mainstream schools for deaf children. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 10:27 am
The refilled lawsuit added several new defendants, including former Clark County Manager Virginia Valentine, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Director Michael Wilden, and former Department of Family Services Director Tom Morton. [read post]
31 Jul 2023, 7:05 am by Bilodeau Capalbo, LLC
The case began when the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) removed the mother’s newborn child after receiving a “hotline” call. [read post]
26 Sep 2009, 7:44 pm by William D. Kickham
If they violated the terms of their probation, the law stated that they could be committed to the custody of the Department of Youth Services (DYS) until the age of 18. [read post]