Evaluating Race Equity and Family Engagement Strategies to Reform the Deep End of Juvenile Justice In a Casey-hosted webinar, presenters shared lessons from an evaluation of effort to deploy race equity strategies and engage youth and families in reducing incarceration and other out-of-home placements for young people, especially youth of color. Read More
Juvenile Arrests for Violent Crimes Reached a Historic Low in 2018 Federal statistics updated through 2018 reveal the continuing, decades-long decline in youth arrests for violent crimes. However, despite such progress, racial disparities in arrest rates persist. Learn more. Read More
Felipe Franco: Bringing Results-Based Thinking to NYC’s Juvenile Justice Agency Fellow Felipe Franco works to support best practices for youth involved with the juvenile justice system. Read how his participation in the Casey Foundation's Children and Family Fellowship supports his work. Read More
Nate Balis on Supporting Young People in the Juvenile Justice System Nate Balis, director of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Justice Strategy Group, talked about juvenile justice reform during a podcast produced by the National Conference of State Legislatures. Read More
Supporting Leaders in the Transformative Justice Movement The Peer2Peer Exchange program is preparing young leaders affected by incarceration and violence to lead a movement toward transformative justice. Following its inaugural year, the program looks to build on its success and build on its results. Read More
Five Advocacy Organizations Receive Support to Reduce Youth Incarceration The National Juvenile Justice Network recently awarded $350,000 to five state-based organizations working to educate policymakers and media about the safety of young people in the justice system. Read More
A New Way to Log On to JDAIconnect JDAIconnect, the online community for JDAI practitioners and everyone who cares about youth justice, has released new log-on instructions for existing and new users. The Annie E. Casey Foundation is providing secure access to JDAIconnect through Okta, an access management system. Read More
JDAI’s Deep-End Sites Safely and Significantly Reduce Rates of Youth Confinement Juvenile justice jurisdictions participating in Casey's Deep-End Initiative have outpaced reductions in confinement at the national level, according to a new report. Learn how these systems found new ways to ensure that young people, especially youth of color, recovered from their mistakes. Read More
Juvenile Justice Priorities During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic Casey joins organizations such as the Center for Children’s Law and Policy, a longtime provider of technical assistance to JDAI sites, in promoting four important steps that juvenile justice agencies can take to help to limit the spread of COVID-19. Read More
The Family First Act: What Juvenile Justice Advocates Need to Know Webinar highlights how juvenile justice advocates can use the Family First Act in their work for youth and families. Watch the webinar. Read More
