By John Kelly Heading into the final month of fiscal 2025, there was nary a grant announced by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the division of the Justice Department that funds everything from facility standards to mentoring and child protection. 

By John Kelly Tom Morton, founder of the Child Welfare Institute who spent his entire career working to improve the child welfare system, has passed away at the age of 77. 

By John Kelly Last month, Youth Services Insider reported on the absence of 2025 grant announcements coming out of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). There are only a few weeks left in the fiscal year, and it usually takes months to go through the process from when opportunities are published that includes an open application period and review process for all potential grantees before they receive grant notifications. 

A leaked copy of Trump's plans for some HHS finds big cuts to early childhood programs and level funding for child welfare

President Trump has nominated Alex Adams to lead the Administration for Children and Families

The first Trump Administration prioritized opportunities for those with lived experience to shape child welfare policy. Those jobs are now in flux.

The DOJ has halted juvenile justice grants that don't support current "priorities,” says a staff email obtained by Youth Services Insider.

A new report citing 2014 data is still the most comprehensive view ever produced of what happens when youth are charged as adults.

Lawyers who helped convict him support Biden’s decision By John Kelly In 2008, Judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella were convicted of scheming to collect kickbacks in exchange for keeping a privately-run detention center full, even when that meant sending kids there who clearly were not a threat to anyone.