Highlights for November 2009
Reforming the Juvenile Justice System
Click on the image above to view the Annie E. Casey Foundation's photo slideshow, which goes inside juvenile detention systems in Laredo, Texas and Portland, Oregon and points to the need for urgent national reforms.
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 Making Sure New Policies Benefit Vulnerable Families
The fall 2009 issue of Casey's newsletter explores how the Foundation is working with grantees and partners to ensure that new funding opportunities available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act improve the outlook for job opportunities and the health and well-being of vulnerable children and families. Profiles of successful programs are included.
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Foundation Leaders to States: Youth in Foster Care Can't Wait
October 7 was the one-year anniversary of the Fostering Connections Act, the most comprehensive federal reforms to child welfare policy in over a decade. To mark this important date, the Casey has joined a coalition of child welfare leaders to create a Fostering Connections Resource Center to provide nonpartisan information to states as they implement the Act.
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