Lawmakers from eight southern states learned more about promising practices in juvenile justice during a recent gathering led by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and sponsored by the Casey Foundation.
Youth-serving systems from education to child welfare are ill-equipped to support adolescents for success as adults, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The Annie E. Casey Foundation and seven other partners supported the report, which highlights an extensive body of research on adolescent brain development.
Now through July 26, 2019, applications are being accepted for Transforming Juvenile Probation Certificate Program, a new program supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation that aims to help teams transform juvenile probation culture and practice.
In this episode of CaseyCast, Casey Foundation President and CEO Lisa Hamilton interviews juvenile probation expert David Muhammad. Their conversation explores the shortcomings of juvenile probation, the science of youth development and the supports that young people really need to thrive.
Nearly 50 leaders of juvenile justice agencies across the country have issued a joint call to close the nation’s remaining youth prisons and replace them with more effective interventions.
Casey has selected 15 juvenile justice agencies to participate in its inaugural Reimagining Juvenile Justice (RJJ) Train-the-Trainer Institute this May. The institute will accelerate the spread of the RJJ curriculum, a six-part professional development opportunity for frontline staff working with youth involved in the juvenile justice system and their families.
Young people are drawn into the juvenile justice system for behavior such as truancy and running away, which are known as juvenile status offenses. Learn more.
A short video produced by the Casey Foundation suggests how juvenile probation could get better outcomes for hundreds of thousands of young people.
The growing number of states and counties looking to replace youth incarceration with more effective community-based services and support have much to learn from New York’s successes and missteps, according to a new case study funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Casey outlines five changes in the new version of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act that practitioners should understand.
