Opinion: Legal System Should Take a Back Seat to Families, Schools and Communities Nate Balis calls for expanding the use of diversion from the juvenile justice system to better serve young people and communities. Read his essay. Read More
Briefs Explore Decades of Child Welfare Financing Data A pair of briefs use Child Trends survey data to examine trends in child welfare financing nationwide. Read More
New Recruits Join Network Aimed at Promoting Diversity in Evaluation Sector The Casey Foundation has selected a group of evaluators to join its network of evaluation experts from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups. Read More
Reflecting on Casey's 2003 Report on the High Cost of Being Poor This 2003 KIDS COUNT report shows how people in poor communities pay inflated costs for basics like groceries and check cashing. Learn more. Read More
Cities Expand Consumer Protections Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Leaders in four U.S. localities will strengthen laws and enforcement to protect residents from fraud, predatory lending and financial schemes. Read more. Read More
What a Difference a Decade Makes: Youth Detention Population Drops 44% Youth detention has dropped 44% since 2003, but Black youth remain overrepresented despite declines across all racial and ethnic groups. Learn more. Read More
Funding to Coordinate Adult and Child Services The Casey Foundation released a brief on strategies and policies to meet parent and child needs together using two-generation approaches. Learn more. Read More
Webinar Highlights 10 Practices of High-Performing Child Welfare Agencies In February, the Child Welfare Strategy Group launched a three-part webinar series devoted to building high-performance child welfare agencies. Read More
In Charlotte, Improving Economic Mobility Through Technology When Keith Clithero launched his Gig Connected web platform in 2018, he had one goal in mind: improve economic mobility in Charlotte, North Carolina. Read More
Are Adult Decisions Doing Kids Harm in the Juvenile Justice System? A new video shows how juvenile justice decisions meant to help can harm youth and raise public safety risks by worsening outcomes. Learn more. Read More
