The 22-bed shelter for unaccompanied youth to await family reunification is one step away from opening in Ward 5.

While officials and advocates often spar over the best approach to address youth crime, DCist/WAMU spoke to youth who live or go to school east of the Anacostia River about the kinds of support they feel they need to achieve their goals.

Minors sent to adult jail in D.C. face a high risk of victimization over a practice that does not deter future crime.

A pair of legislators in Takoma Park, Md. have floated the idea of lowering the voting age for local elections to 16.

While the median age rose in the U.S. and just about every state over the last decade, it fell in only one place—D.C.

On Saturday, the Marshall Heights Bison youth football team completed its march through the Pee Wee division of the Pop Warner Super Bowl tournament with an imposing display of aggressive running and nearly impenetrable defense.

Would eliminating the need to monitor people over the age of 18 improve the performance of the city’s chronically troubled Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services? Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) thinks so.

The family of Neil Michael Godleski — the 31-year-old Catholic University student who was shot and killed in a robbery attempt as he rode his bike through Sherman Circle last August — is now suing the city, claiming that the city’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services failed to keep the teen responsible under its watch.

The 9:30 Club was packed on Saturday morning for the fourth annual Girls Rock! DC Camper Showcase. Eleven bands and two DJ teams showed off their new musical skills and rocked the stage for well over two hours.

Imagine a season of Project Runway where almost none of the designers has ever used a sewing machine, one of the models becomes a winning designer, all the contestants are nice to each other — and they’re all in their teens.