Promoting Student Safety With Police-Free Schools A new blueprint aims to eliminate school policing practices that disproportionately harm students of color. Learn more. Read More
Using Storytelling to Help More Baltimoreans Get Jobs In Baltimore, the Work.Better.Together campaign supports a more equitable workforce system — one that gives all residents the dignity of work. Read More
How Two JDAI Sites Are Accelerating Youth Justice Reforms During the Pandemic In response to COVID-19, juvenile justice systems reduced the use of unnecessary youth confinement — an outcome long advocated for by the Casey Foundation. Read More
October Is National Youth Justice Action Month October is National Youth Justice Action Month — a time for communities to support positive outcomes for youth with justice system involvement. Read More
Nearly Half of America’s Poor Are Younger Than Age 25 In 2016, 44.3 million individuals in the United States lived in poverty. Nearly half of these individuals were between the ages of 0 and 24. Read More
"Illinois Youth Advisory Board Gives Me a Voice that Counts," Says Ja'Vaune At 20, Ja'Vaune Jackson shares his insights on reform as a Youth Advisory Board Member after 8 years in the juvenile justice system. Learn more. Read More
Podcast Explores Culture-Informed Approaches to Native Family Well-Being A podcast episode discusses a program that uses cultural teachings with leadership skills to foster healing in one Native community. Listen to the episode. Read More
Register: Webinar to Explore Job Training for Youth With Justice Involvement Watch a Casey Foundation webinar on meaningful collaboration between the federal workforce development system and the juvenile justice system. Read More
Lifting Georgia’s Criminally Accused Out of Poverty For over 30 years, Georgia Justice Project has advocated for the accused and their families, expanding efforts with the Casey Foundation. Learn more. Read More
Developing Better Mentoring Programs for Maryland’s Youth Quality mentorship helps youth thrive — boosting school success, job prospects and health. One Maryland nonprofit is expanding mentor access. Learn more. Read More
