State agencies rely on Juvenile Justice Specialists and Compliance Monitors to make sure award recipients spend funds properly and facilities meet certain requirements of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, respectively.
The purpose of this project is to facilitate enrollment in Medicaid/CHIP of youth discharged from the Juvenile Justice Administration in Kansas and to evaluate the project on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The Comprehensive School Reform Quality (CSRQ) Center today released Works in Progress: A Report on Middle and High School Improvement Programs. The report offers educators and policymakers a user-friendly, timely summary of more than a dozen key issues facing middle and high schools, such as literacy and reading, English language ...
Caitlin Dawkins, is a principal TA consultant at AIR where she serves as the Co-Director for the National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC). Dawkins provides leadership and oversight for the technical assistance and data, helpline, local reentry community of practice and field engagement strategies of the NRRC.
Prior to her time at AIR, ...
Caitlin Dawkins, a principal technical assistance consultant at AIR, helped to develop the concept of Second Chance Month, with colleagues at Prison Fellowship. In this Q&A, Dawkins explains why successful reentry is hard to measure and dispels some misconceptions around reentry.
As a principal researcher at AIR, Coretta Mallery Lankford is the deputy director for the Health Learning Translation and Quality Measurement group responsible for leading the design and implementation of work to develop and implement quality measures and has specific expertise in developing measures for people with disabilities. Dr. Lankford’s ...
Public schools in Cleveland can reduce violence, promote the mental health of students and improve conditions for learning and teaching by implementing reforms contained in a report by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), which follows a six-month audit of conditions in the city's schools.
The Colombia Youth Resilience Activity (YRA) aims to address these challenges in high-risk communities across the country by designing a holistic solution that fosters youth assets and agency, while also strengthening protective environments, healthy relationships, and economic opportunities.
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.