Sustainable Strategies for Gun Violence Reduction A free webinar offered strategies for reducing gun violence and recommended how community stakeholders can get involved. Watch the session. Read More
Progress Check: Casey Grantees on Easing the Debt Burdens of Families in the South The Casey Foundation's Southern Partnership to Reduce Debt, a multiyear, multistate effort, aims to ease the debt burdens of families in the South. Read More
LEAP Fellows Continue Focus on Youth Engagement and Leadership Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential initiative named its second cohort of fellows to build leadership through community service and peer engagement. Read More
How Intersectionality Promotes Equitable Opportunities for Children and Youth Disaggregated data reveals LGBTQ youth in juvenile justice face discrimination — and highlights how intersectionality can drive advocacy for equity. Read More
Hunger a Harsh Reality for 14 Million Children Nationwide Across the nation, 19% of kids — 14 million children total — experienced food insecurity in 2015. Read More
Ten Core Principles for Youth Probation A recent APPA vision statement encourages juvenile justice agencies to ensure that probation promotes youth success rather than punishes. Learn more. Read More
How Los Angeles County Expanded Youth Diversion A new guide from Los Angeles describes how community outrage and activism led to the expansion of youth diversion in the juvenile justice system. Read More
Some States May Be Able to Increase Foster Parent Payments During COVID-19 COVID-19 undermined child welfare efforts to foster stability and support. Now agencies can consider a temporary raise in foster parent rates. Learn more. Read More
Evidence2Success Surveys Track Child Development The Evidence2Success Childhood & Youth Experience Surveys show whether kids are meeting developmental milestones and how they will fare in the future. Read More
Youth Detention Use Reaches Highest Level in 19 Months Juvenile detention peaked at a 19-month high on October 1, 2021, yet remains 22% lower than pre-pandemic levels (Mar. 1, 2020). Learn more. Read More
