Missouri County Maps Youth Programs Members of Johnson County, Missouri, JDAI are "mapping" available youth programs in an effort to evaluate their system's strengths and deficiencies. Read More
Young Leaders Shape Casey’s Latest Results Count Offering The Casey Foundation looked to young adults to help shape its leadership development program for emerging professionals. Learn about the effort. Read More
Jumpstarting Policy Conversations That Address Racial Inequities To get people talking, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has developed “It’s Time to Talk: How to Start Conversations About Racial Inequities.” In this report, the Foundation’s KIDS COUNT state partners in Nebraska, Wisconsin and Washington tell how thoughtful, data-driven community dialogue can move the needle toward equity and inspire leaders to convene conversations on race in their own jurisdictions. Read the Race for Results report Read More
JDAI Expands Focus to "Deep End" of Juvenile System The Casey Foundation is expanding JDAI to reduce youth correction commitments through policy, practice and program reforms at state and local levels. Read More
More Teens With High School Diploma Most states see improvement in high school graduation rates. Read More
Connecticut City Launches Local Campaign for Grade-Level Reading New Britain’s Campaign for Grade-Level Reading supports kids ages 0-8 to boost the district’s third-grade reading levels — the lowest in Connecticut. Read More
More Than a Million Older Teens Aren’t Working or In School Teens who leave school and do not enter the workforce are more likely to face a rougher road en route to adulthood, according to research. Read More
Juan Sanchez Receives Award for Leadership of Southwest Key Juan Sanchez, founder of Southwest Key, won Austin Business Journal’s Best CEO award for his leadership in youth-serving nonprofits. Read more. Read More
APA Reinforces Casey’s Vision for Juvenile Probation Transformation An APA journal article backs Casey’s call to reform juvenile probation, citing two jurisdictions with major progress. Read more. Read More
KIDS COUNT Checkup: A Look at Low-Birthweight Babies Today in America, about 1 in 13 newborns — 319,000 babies total — is born at a low birthweight. This statistic has fallen by more than 28,000 newborns in the last seven years, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Book. Read More
