Blog Archive

Ohio JDAI Collaborative Expands Representation to Detention Hearings

Ohio JDAI reforms ensure that detained youth in their counties are represented by counsel.

Atlanta’s Early Learning and Literary Resource Center to Partner with Educare

Atlanta’s Early Learning & Literacy Resource Center at the Dunbar Learning Complex partnered with Educare Learning Network to become Educare Atlanta.

Most Kids Exiting Foster Care Reunited With Family in 2016

Among the kids exiting foster care in 2016, 66% were reunited with a family member and about 25% were adopted. Explore more exit data.

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.

Webinar to Highlight Well-Being of Kids in Financially Struggling Families

A Center for Financial Services Innovation webinar in November will focus on how kids in financially struggling families are faring.

David Steinhart Wins Gerbode award

David Steinhart, Juvenile Justice Program director for Bolinas, the Commonweal research institute, won a 2011 Gerbode Professional Development Award.

McCarthy: “Let Us Be the Leaders Who Witness the Closing of the Last Training School”

Former Casey Foundation President & CEO Patrick McCarthy gave the keynote at the 2010 Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-site Conference.

Mississippi Juvenile Justice Officials Travel to Cook County for Model-Site Visit

A Mississippi delegation got a first-hand look at Cook County, Illinois' successes in detention reform.

Casey Vice President Lisa Hamilton Addresses the KIDS COUNT Network

Casey's Vice President of External Affairs Lisa Hamilton gave the keynote at the annual gathering of the KIDS COUNT network in Baltimore in 2011.

Sparking Meaningful Dialogue on Race and Opportunity in America

The Casey Foundation hosted a forum on how race affects a child’s success, responding to racial unrest in Ferguson, Charleston, and Baltimore. Learn more.