JDAI is a site-based effort to reduce the use of juvenile detention — the holding of youth before adjudication — and increase more effective interventions. Learn more about what happens in a juvenile detention center and the importance of juvenile detention alternatives now!
A group of child advocacy and research organizations representing every state and using data to promote smart policies on issues ranging from child welfare and juvenile justice to education and economic opportunity.
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In 2011, 88% of children living in immigrant families were U.S. citizens.
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Reducing the number of youth in correctional institutions and out-of-home placements is key to reforming the juvenile justice system. The Foundation has selected six local sites – Bernalillo County, N.M.; Jefferson Parish, La.; Lucas County, Ohio; Marion County, Ind.; the city of St. Louis, Mo.; and Washoe County, N.V. – to pilot strategies to safely reduce commitments and other out-of-home placements following delinquency adjudication.
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation announced the 2012 JDAI Fundamentals Training Team.
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Recent data show that more Americans are earning higher levels of education, due in part to the increase of federal funds to help support education. In 2012, 59% of the U.S. population ages 25 to 34 had a high school diploma or less; 9% had an associate's degree, and 33% had a bachelor's degree or higher (an increase of 2.5 million young people since 2000).
This report is a series of 50 state-specific papers providing information about the status of immigrant families in each state.
The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Applied Leadership Network supports key individuals participating in juvenile justice reforms to accelerate the achievement of jurisdiction results.
The first six sites in JDAI’s new effort to reduce out-of-home placements at the dispositional end of the juvenile justice system share their preliminary findings.
The 2013 American Community Survey data show the first decline in the national child poverty rate since it began to rise in 2008. Although many cities also experienced declines between 2012 and 2013, the child poverty rate in the majority of America’s largest cities has not yet returned to prerecession levels.
This report introduces new evidence on the widespread violence in juvenile detention centers. Learn more about the uncovered problems with juvenile detention centers in 39 states now.
Find your state's child poverty rate calculated with the Supplemental Poverty Measure. Also, see how government interventions for low-income families affects the rate.
