A survey of youth justice agencies in 34 states finds that after falling sharply in the early months of the pandemic, the number of young people held in detention centers remained constant. The survey finds that the number of Latino and Native American youth in detention centers increased.
In a Casey-hosted webinar, presenters shared lessons from an evaluation of effort to deploy race equity strategies and engage youth and families in reducing incarceration and other out-of-home placements for young people, especially youth of color.
Child welfare agencies in Minnesota are using the passage of the federal Family First Prevention Services Act as an opportunity to deploy a racial equity impact assessment.
In addition to supporting neighborhood revitalization in Atlanta, the Casey Foundation is connecting leaders there to use and apply Results Count, Casey's approach to leadership development.
On Sept. 15, young leaders from 14 organizations in Baltimore will begin learning about building sustainable, self-sufficient nonprofits and initiatives. Read to learn about the six-month program, now in its second year.
Eight new webinar recordings describe effective juvenile justice practices amid the coronavirus pandemic. Watch the sessions here.
A new effort, Thriving Families, Safer Children, aims to move from traditional, reactive child protection systems to those designed to support child and family well-being and prevent child maltreatment and unnecessary family separations. Read the news release.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, juvenile justice systems across the country have reduced their use of unnecessary youth confinement — an outcome long advocated for by Annie E. Casey Foundation.
This post introduces findings from a multiyear evaluation of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s deep-end reform — an initiative designed to safely, significantly and equitably reduce out-of-home placements in juvenile justice systems across the country.
YouthWorks built a remote learning and training program that created additional opportunities for youth participants during the summer of 2020. Find lessons for other workforce programs seeking to make similar moves during the pandemic.
