Minnehaha County, South Dakota, May Avoid New Facility JDAI efforts in Minnehaha County, South Dakota have proven to be successful by diverting plans to build a new a $14 million youth detention facility. Read More
JDAI Practices Ease Flow of Committed Youth to State Corrections and Sustain Lower Populations Texas and Louisiana have successfully reduced their youth corrections populations through systemic realignment, downsizing and shuttering of juvenile institutions. Read More
Portraits of Permanence Highlight Why Families Matter for Kids in Foster Care This video shares the story of several young people from foster care who have achieved permanence and what it means for each of them. Read More
JDAI Fundamentals Training Team Announced The Annie E. Casey Foundation announced the 2012 JDAI Fundamentals Training Team. Read More
Iowa Sees Significant Reduction in Youth Detention The introduction of JDAI in Iowa has resulted in the most dramatic detention reductions the state has seen in 20 years. Read More
Indiana Begins Journey Toward JDAI Statewide Expansion Juvenile justice stakeholders in Indiana reflect on reduced rates of youth detention in local JDAI sites and look forward to a statewide expansion of the initiative. Read More
Youth Unemployment Soars in Past Decade Nearly 6.5 million U.S. teens and young adults are neither in school nor in the workforce, veering toward chronic underemployment as adults and failing to gain the skills employers need in the 21st century, according to a new KIDS COUNT report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Many of these young people, ranging from ages 16 to 24, face numerous obstacles, according to the report, Youth and Work: Restoring Teen and Young Adult Connections to Opportunity. Read More
A Second Chance for a High School Diploma and a Future A high school dropout in Los Angeles finds a way to reconnect with school at Conservation Corps. Read More
Progress in the Georgia Campaign for Grade-Level Reading A brief summary of the November 2012 session on childhood literacy in Georgia hosted by Casey's Atlanta Civic Site. Read More
ESPN Film Chronicles Work of Santa Cruz Probation Officer Probation officer Gina Castaneda’s success in uniting rival gang members from South Santa Cruz County into a championship indoor-soccer team has become the subject of a short documentary by ESPN. Read More
