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DC nonprofit Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders, or SMYAL, recently announced that it is opening an extended transitional housing (ETH) program, its third facility for LGBTQ-identifying young people experiencing homelessness. The program will serve young people ages 19-24 for up to six years, offering stable housing and services ranging from case management to mental healthcare to employment and life skills training, all in a trauma-informed, identity-affirming environment. SMYAL already has two transitional facilities that house 26 young people, providing care for up to two...

$113K Embezzlement Leads To Federal Prison Sentence For Former Metro East Elementary School Principal Justice outside the Albert V. Bryan District Courthouse in Alexandria, VA. (Photo: Tim Evanson – Flickr – CC license) Smithton, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Roy Joseph Monti, 54, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced last week to 6 months in federal prison and 6 months of home detention. The former principal of St. John the Baptist Elementary School in Smithton, Illinois, pleaded guilty back in September to one count of interstate transportation of stolen money. He will serve an additional 18 months of ...

The Department of Commerce was one of many agencies and companies attacked worldwide by Russia’s APT 29 via SolarWinds Orion servers. Today’s special columnist, Kelvin Coleman of the NCSA, offers some analysis and practical advice for security pros. Tim Evanson Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) Although the true scope of the SolarWinds attack has not been fully uncovered, there’s no doubting the level of sophistication required to carry these attacks on numerous government agencies, including the US Treasury, Commerce Department and the Departm...

Wisconsin Inmate Wins Suit For Sex Reassignment Surgery Judge says the public interest lies in "alleviating needless suffering by those who are dependent on the government for their care." //end headline wrapper ?> Scales of Justice Statue. Photo by Tim Evanson. (CC-BY-SA) A transgender inmate at the Racine Correctional Institution has won a federal case and will be allowed to undergo sexual reassignment surgery. U.S. District Judge  Nicole Campbell’s Eighth Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution had been violated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections when she was denied the su...