Five Questions with Casey: Cindy Guy on Data’s Newest Super Tool In this Five Questions edition, Casey’s Cindy Guy introduces a powerful tool — the Integrated Data System — and tells how it can inform social policy and program management to spur positive change for children and families. Read More
New Guidelines Show How To Replace Youth Prisons With Community Services Beyond Bars: Keeping Young People Safe at Home and Out of Youth Prisons offers a framework for juvenile justice administrators, legislators, judges, nonprofit organizations and youth advocates to dramatically reduce the practice of youth incarceration, promote public safety and restore a sense of belonging for young people in their homes and neighborhoods. Read More
Foundation Seeks Applicants for Juvenile Justice Youth Advisory Council The Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Justice Strategy Group (JJSG) is seeking new members for its Youth Advisory Council. Candidates must submit an application, which requires a personal statement and letters of recommendation by 11:59 p.m. EST, Friday, January 20, 2017. Read More
Proposals Sought for 2017 JDAI Inter-Site Conference The Foundation is accepting workshop proposals through January 20, 2017 for its 23rd Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-Site Conference, set for April in Orlando, Florida. Read More
Honoring Its Roots, JDAI Selects Florida for National Conference The Casey Foundation will commemorate the 25th anniversary of its Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) during the JDAI Inter-Site Conference in Orlando, Florida. Fittingly, detention reforms in Broward County inspired the creation of the initiative more than two decades ago. Read More
Making Saving Easy and Fun for Low-Income Families Commonwealth, a long-time Casey grantee, recently introduced Prize Savings, a new incentive that enables financially vulnerable Americans to build savings. Read More
New Online Collection of Resources on Youth and Young Adults Casey recently teamed up with Foundation Center to create a special collection of resources focused on the millions of young people ages 16–24 who are not in school or working — often called disconnected youth. Read More
Expanding Choices for Evidence-Based Programming With support from the Foundation, Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development has expanded its offering of evidence-based programs designed to promote positive youth development to communities that want to implement rigorously reviewed programs but cannot find one that fits their particular needs. Read More
Leadership Program Supports New York City’s Community Schools Initiative New York City’s Department of Education and the Casey Foundation have joined forces to improve outcomes for students and families by offering an intensive leadership development program to the staff of the DOE’s Office of Community Schools. Read More
KIDS COUNT Network Brainstorms Racial Equity Strategies Nearly 200 child and youth advocates gathered in San Antonio earlier this fall to discuss race and ethnic equity during the annual convening of the KIDS COUNT network. The unique focus on race during this year’s conference allowed the advocates to deepen their knowledge of systemic and institutional racism while brainstorming strategies to take back to their communities. Read More
