The Complete Guide to Self-Advocacy for LGBQ+ Youth Ages 14-21 And Other Important Stuff to Remember This publication serves as a reentry guide for LGBTQ youth, ages 14-21, exiting the juvenile justice system. It offers tips, resources and short exercises to help young people build essential life skills. Read More
Using Congregate Care What the Evidence Tells Us This report focuses on kids entering group settings for their first child welfare placement. It explores how likely this placement is, how long and stable it is, and how often it results in achieving permanence or a return to out-of-home care. Read More
From COVID-19 Response to Comprehensive Change Policy Reforms to Equip Youth and Young Adults in Foster Care to Thrive This brief recommends federal policy reforms that build on temporary pandemic-relief measures to expand support for older youth in foster care. Read More
Back-to-School Action Guide Reengaging Students and Closing the School-to-Prison Pipeline A guide to using federal pandemic relief funds to rethink K–12 education and close the school-to-prison pipeline. Learn more now. Read More
The Role of the Judge in Transforming Juvenile Probation A Tool Kit for Leadership A tool kit for helping judges jump start or accelerate probation transformation efforts in their jurisdictions. Read More
Improving Community Safety Through Public Health Strategies Lessons From Atlanta and Milwaukee Casey’s community safety investments are built on the belief that gun violence is a public health epidemic that must be addressed with preventive measures developed with input from communities. Read More
Developing Two-Generation Approaches in Communities Final Report From the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Family-Centered Community Change This report is the product of a seven-year formative evaluation of the Casey Foundation’s Family-Centered Community Change (FCCC) initiative. The Urban Institute followed the initiative in Buffalo, New York; Columbus, Ohio; and San Antonio, Texas — from 2013 through the end of grant-funded programming in 2019. Read More
Transforming Juvenile Probation Restructuring Probation Terms to Promote Success Juvenile probation term lengths should be only as long as is necessary to connect youth with any needed support and services in their communities and should be designed to minimize disruption to young people’s lives and development. Read More
Serving Youth Remotely Strategies for Practitioners This resource guide shares ways that organizations are delivering education, training, employment and mental health services to young people. It also singles out efforts aimed at helping all youth access and benefit from remote services. Read it now. Read More
Reducing Structural Barriers to School and Work for People With Juvenile Records This report shares how state policymakers can help dismantle education- and employment-related barriers for people with juvenile records. Read More
