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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
Planning for Juvenile Detention Reforms A Structured Approach This model helps jurisdictions assess and improve juvenile detention practices, offering tested strategies and solutions from a five-year pilot. Read More
The Eye of the Storm Ten Years on the Front Lines of New Futures This report reflects on Casey’s first failed system reform effort and the lessons that shaped its future approach to community change work. Read More
Overview: The JDAI Story Building a Better Juvenile Detention System This report provides an overview of JDAI, a five-year, five-site experiment designed to streamline and rationalize local juvenile detention systems. Read More
Ensuring That Adoptions Succeed is in Everyone's Best Interest This article urges better pre- and post-adoption support to prevent failed adoptions and reduce trauma for affected children. Read More
Plain Talk to Reduce Teen Pregnancy The Story of a Community-Based Strategy to Reduce Teen Pregnancy This is the story of how five different communities worked to protect local youth from the risks of early sexual activity. This is the story of Plain Talk. Read More
Implementing Change in Child Welfare: Lessons from Family to Family This report uses data from focus groups with workers and foster parent to assess changes in practices related to the Family to Family initiative. Read More
