Supporting Neighborhood Leadership and Change in Atlanta: A Video on the Community Investment Fund A new video highlights the Foundation’s Community Investment Fund, which supports resident-led neighborhood improvement projects in southwest Atlanta. Read More
Upcoming Webinar: Shifting Gears on Juvenile Justice Communications An upcoming Casey webinar will inform advocates and practitioners about how to effectively engage the public as allies in juvenile justice reform. Read More
The Dunbar Learning Complex Celebrates Its Two-Year Anniversary The Dunbar Learning Complex celebrates its two-year anniversary and the early, but promising, results in its efforts to improve literacy for Atlanta kids. Read More
Ensuring Georgia's Children Are Strong Readers Local leaders are joining with the Georgia Campaign for Grade-Level Reading to promote reading proficiency by the end of third grade. Learn more. Read More
What Works Better Than Incarceration to Get Kids Back on Track The research is clear: When youth get guidance and opportunity instead of punishment, they grow — and communities become safer. Read More
Pierce County Illustrates Rewards of Digging Deeper Into Data to Reduce Bias Pierce County JDAI presented to the WA Supreme Court on addressing bias in juvenile justice; leaders and judges joined the statewide meeting. Learn more. Read More
Corey Steel Named Deputy Probation Administrator in Nebraska Corey Steel was selected as the new deputy probation administrator for juvenile services for the Office of Probation Administration in Nebraska. Read more. Read More
Employers Are Target of New Campaign to Add Young People to Workforce Nearly 6 million young adults are out of school and work. A new Ad Council campaign urges employers to rethink hiring to help bridge the skills gap. Read More
Community Investment Fund Spotlight: Introducing Kids to Urban Gardening A $5,000 grant is helping kids in Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit V learn about gardening, healthy living and more. Learn more. Read More
Decline in Foreign-Born Children In 2013, 3% of children in the United States were foreign born. Read More
