Scholarship Program to Support College Dreams of Mississippi Youth in Foster Care Mississippi lawmakers have created a scholarship fund to support the college dreams and housing needs of young people with foster care experience. Read More
An Instagram Live Conversation: Keeping Kids in Families An Instagram Live conversation explores the need for solutions that reduce reliance on group placements and shorten young people’s time in care. Read More
Podcast Explores Proposed SOUL Family Permanency Option A podcast episode explores how former foster youth and their yearning for legal, loving and lifelong relationships led to a new permanency option called SOUL Family. Read More
CDC Joins Thriving Families, Safer Children to Promote Family Health and Well-Being The Thriving Families, Safer Children effort has added another partner: the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Read More
Evolving Worker Recruitment to Address a National Hiring Shortage Learn how employers nationwide are broadening their recruitment and hiring efforts to include groups that historically have faced barriers to employment. Read More
Naomi Wadler on Raising Youth Voices and Youth Advocates Lisa Hamilton chats with Naomi Wadler who, at age 11, captivated millions by advocating to end gun violence following the deadliest high school shooting in American history. Read More
Apply for the 2022 Reimagining Juvenile Justice Training-for-Trainers Institute The 2022 Reimagining Juvenile Justice Training-for-Trainers Institute is accepting applications. Apply by July 22, 2022. Read More
Workforce Development Programs That Work for Youth With Justice-System Experience This post reviews research that identifies common features of quality community-based workforce development programs serving youth and young adults with criminal or juvenile records. Read More
Strengthening Services With Two-Generation Approaches in Memphis A new research report examines an equity-focused project that aims to quickly design and test improvements for two-generation approaches. Read More
Poetry Gives Young People in Prison a Voice — and a Fresh Start Casey's latest webinar recording explores how writing is helping people in pretrial detention and prison get excited about learning and hopeful for the future. Read More
