youth services insider Archive
Leaders from some of the nation’s largest domestic human service providers strongly condemned the Trump administration’s policy of removing children from asylum-seeking parents arriving at the border. “On behalf of the human services sector, representing By John Kelly This post …
The Justice Department has told Youth Services Insider that the Office of Justice Programs will reduce the Office of Justice Programs’ workforce by nearly 200 positions by October of 2019,... By John Kelly This post Administration Confirms Nearly 200 Job …
The House Ways and Means Committee has produced a bill to provide a five-year reauthorization for Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV), a maltreatment prevention program popular with both parties. MIECHV was initially created as part of the …
Congress is set for yet another showdown on federal spending to avert a government shutdown this week. The last go-round shored up funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).... By John Kelly This post Home Visiting: MIECHV Delay Already …
As we reported last week, the Justice Department’s Inspector General exposed the fact that, from 2013 to 2016, the agency’s juvenile justice division – the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) – was willfully ignoring compliance standards on disproportionate …
Beltway website The Hill reported today that the Trump team is preparing an initial budget salvo that would drastically reduce federal spending, aimed at shaving $10.5 trillion from the budget over the next ten years. Reporter Alexander Bolton includes some …
Last week, Youth Services Insider reflected on some of the bigger stories in child welfare and juvenile justice for 2016. Now, let’s look ahead. Following are a few things we think will be hot topics in 2017. Paul’s Priorities Rep. …
In 2011, the field of youth services lost three gargantuan national leaders, all of whom passed too early. There was Peter Benson, a pioneer in positive youth development; David Richart, who helped build the mousetrap for grassroots advocacy; and Peter Goldberg, …
