Podcast Archive

Contracting for Child and Family Services

A Mission-Sensitive Guide

This report examines privatized child welfare through contracting and managed care, guiding agencies through today’s complex service landscape.

By the Numbers

the role of data and information in detention reform

This report shares data and tech-driven tips from Casey’s JDAI to advance juvenile detention reform and promote effective alternatives to incarceration.

Improving Conditions of Confinement in Secure Juvenile Detention Centers

This report shares lessons from JDAI on improving facility conditions and provides principles for safer, more humane and continuously assessed institutions.

New Hope for Low-Income Workers

Improving Economic and Child Outcomes in Milwaukee

Milwaukee’s New Hope program boosted parents’ earnings and jobs — and improved sons’ behavior and academic success through added work supports.

AdvoCasey: Summer 1999

“Above Average” Welfare Reform

This AdvoCasey issue explores welfare reform’s impact, highlighting programs helping recipients gain work and income, like the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Resident Involvement in Community Change

The Experiences of Two Initiatives

This report explores the challenges and benefits of involving residents in neighborhood change through Casey’s Plain Talk and Youth Development projects.

Consider the Alternatives

planning and implementing detention alternatives

This report promotes JDAI’s call for alternatives to detention that cut costs, reduce crowding and improve youth outcomes while maintaining public safety.

Effective Language for Communicating Children’s Issues

This report explores how media portrays children’s issues and shows how strategic messaging can shift narratives to support policy and outreach efforts.

Controlling the Front Gates

Effective Admission Policies and Practices

This JDAI report offers tips to help jurisdictions make fair detention decisions and find more effective, efficient alternatives to juvenile detention.

Collaboration and Leadership in Juvenile Detention

This report shares lessons on leadership and teamwork in detention reform, with insights from sites in Casey’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative.