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The Maryland Department of Juvenile Services is seeking to increase the size of the Silver Oak Academy in order to accelerate placement of youths in treatment programs. Sam Abed, the department's secretary, says there are 106 youths awaiting placement.
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The Digest 50 — 2012's Most Powerful People, Groups in HBCU Culture
Hampton University School of Business Dean Sid Credle was a central figure in an online uproar against a ban on locks and cornrows in one of the school's executive training programs. … Delaware State University researchers Alissa Mezzacapa and Dr …
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State-Level 2012 Retrospective: Second-Highest Number of Abortion …
Family Planning Funding: Family planning programs largely escaped steep budget cuts in 2012. Of the 19 states in which funding decisions … Both states enacted provisions allowing medical providers to treat a patient's partner for chlamydia and …
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Veterans district court starts today in Monroe County
Since then, Lehigh, Berks, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware, Northumberland, Allegheny and Washington counties have started veterans courts at the Common Pleas level. Short-term research shows some success in these courts' ability … These …
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