Maryland

Embracing positive youth justice may require a shift in thinking for some, but we must be serious enough about safety to apply proven principles, writes David Muhammad.

Aubrey Edwards-Luce is the new executive director for the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts.

Maryland may be the first state to protect domestic abuse survivors from being charged with neglect for their child’s exposure to the abuse.

National advocacy group Children’s Rights is suing two Maryland and Iowa over their mental healthcare services for youth. 

The Office of Family Assistance, a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, has a new director — Ann Flagg.

Rebecca Jones Gaston has been nominated by President Biden to lead the Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

A new ruling by the highest court in Maryland offers fresh hope to hundreds of offenders sent to prison for crimes they committed as minors.

By The Imprint staff reports Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday signed a stronger and more expansive college tuition waiver law for some of the state’s most disadvantaged youth — those who are homeless and kids in the foster care system.

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country in March, the number of juveniles in pretrial detention fell by nearly a quarter, according to a survey of government agencies in 30 states released Thursday.