Missouri and the Annie E. Casey Foundation

According to the 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book, Missouri ranked 27th among the 50 states in overall child well-being.

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The Casey Foundation's Children and Family Fellowship is a unique leadership development opportunity.

Children and Family Fellowship

A prestigious leadership program for outstanding executives who can steer and influence organizations serving children, youth and families.

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Family Well-Being Strategy Group

Providing strategic consulting and technical assistance to child welfare agencies to keep children safe, strengthen the connections between children and their families and improve children’s long-term success.

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Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)

JDAI^® is a network of juvenile justice practitioners and other system stakeholders across the country working to build a better and more equitable youth justice system.

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Reducing Youth Incarceration

Building on the success of Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative in detention reform, we are intensifying efforts to reduce the number of youth placed into correctional institutions and other residential facilities.

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KIDS COUNT Network

A group of state-based child advocacy and research organizations that use data to promote smart policies on issues ranging from child welfare and juvenile justice to education and economic opportunity.

Casey Selects 11 Jurisdictions to Train Frontline Juvenile Justice Staff

Eleven jurisdictions have been selected to conduct professional development based on the Reimagining Juvenile Justice (RJJ) curriculum.

Foundation Welcomes Twelfth Class of Children and Family Fellows

The Casey Foundation has selected 15 leaders for the twelfth class of its Children and Family Fellowship. Read who is in the new class.

Study: Team Decision Making Associated With Better Child Welfare Outcomes

A multiyear evaluation by Child Trends finds that Team Decision Making helps child welfare agencies navigate difficult placement decisions while keeping kids safe.

2020–21 Class of Child Health Advocates Named

The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies are pleased to announce the 2020–21 class selected to participate in the Children’s Health Leadership Network, a rigorous Results Count® leadership development initiative.

Webinar Explores the Impact of Debt on Communities of Color

On Wednesday, Feb. 26, the nonprofit, Prosperity Now, will launch a series of webinars spotlighting the burdens that debt places on families and communities of color in the South.

Strategies for the Successful Expansion of JDAI

States that are accelerating the spread of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative® (JDAI) across their local jurisdictions now have a new resource to help inform their work. Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Scale-Up: Study of Four States, written by the WestEd Justice and Prevention Center and commissioned by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, draws lessons from four states that have expanded JDAI® to more counties.

Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Scale-Up

Study of Four States

This report identifies critical success factors for four states — Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri and New Mexico — that accelerated the spread of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative® across their local jurisdictions.

Team Decision Making Touted as Key to Missouri Child Welfare Improvements

When Missouri’s child welfare system set out to adopt a more collaborative, family-centered approach, it needed a blueprint for change. Enter the Missouri Child Welfare Practice Model.

Jobs and Race

Addressing Race and Cultural Competence in the Jobs Initiative

Launched in 1995, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Jobs Initiative aimed to boost employment options for young Americans living in low-income communities in six cities. This report looks at how the initiative’s participating sites approached hiring and retention inequities related to race and ethnicity. Readers will learn the successes and challenges of their efforts to address cultural competence and what strategies the sites developed to expand opportunities for job seekers and workers of color.

Juvenile Justice Systems Find New Ways to Engage Families

Across the country, the Casey Foundation is working with juvenile justice systems that have found promising ways to incorporate family engagement and partnership strategies to boost outcomes for kids.

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