Webinars Spotlight Juvenile Court Diversion Programs Two new webinars help practitioners and community-based organizations explore the use of diversion from juvenile court processing. The sessions support the Casey Foundation’s vision for juvenile probation transformation, which calls for diverting youth from formal court processing and probation supervision. Read More
Webinar Series Reimagines Diversion From Juvenile Court The Annie E. Casey Foundation will host a webinar series that imagines diverting significantly more young people from juvenile court processing. During the two-part series, experts will share how diversion could reduce deeper system involvement for all young people — especially youth of color. Read More
From the Field: Four Ways to Transform Juvenile Justice Now The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released videos on four emerging areas of juvenile justice practice — youth partnership, credible messengers, restorative justice and healing youth trauma. The talks inspire practitioners to think differently about what’s possible within their systems. Visit the post to watch the videos. Read More
Latest JDAI Results: Significant Reductions in Juvenile Incarceration and Crime Since its launch as a pilot project 27 years ago, JDAI® has yielded a 50% decrease in juvenile incarceration across participating sites. Today, JDAI sites are widening their focus beyond just reducing the number of young people in confinement and actively promoting young people’s success and well-being. Read More
Watch: Nate Balis on the Strength of the JDAI Network A new video recording reports on the state of JDAI®, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s movement for juvenile justice reform. The session captures the address that Nate Balis, director of the Foundation’s Juvenile Justice Strategy Group, delivered to 800 justice practitioners and decision makers at the 2019 JDAI Inter-Site Conference in Seattle. Read More
Juvenile Justice Resources: Webinar Recordings to Improve Practice JDAIconnect hosts free webinars to share knowledge within the field. The one-hour webinars are coordinated by JDAI’s training partner and span a range of subjects from JDAI core strategies such as expediting case processing to newer initiatives to engage young people in system reform. Read More
Raquel Mariscal Honored with JDAI Achievement Award The Annie E. Casey Foundation has named Raquel Mariscal, a senior fellow at the W. Haywood Burns Institute, the inaugural recipient of its JDAI® Achievement Award. Read More
JDAIconnect Power Users Recognized at 2019 JDAI Conference The Annie E. Casey Foundation has recognized an individual and a group as 2019 JDAI Power Users for their extraordinary contributions to JDAIconnect, the online community for JDAI® practitioners and people interested in youth justice. Read More
Better Family Life and MILPA Earn Casey’s 2019 Gloria J. Jenkins Award The Annie E. Casey Foundation has named Better Family Life, Inc., and MILPA Collective the recipients of its 2019 Gloria J. Jenkins Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to juvenile justice reform by a community-based organization. Read More
Meet the 2019 JDAI Distinguished System Leadership Award Winners Leaders from New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and Santa Cruz, California have earned the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2019 JDAI® Distinguished System Leadership Award, which honors a youth justice system leader who has achieved lasting juvenile justice reform in a JDAI site. Read More
