Momentum Builds to End Youth Homelessness in Maryland After months of community organizing and meetings with legislators, advocates from Youth Empowered Society, a Casey grantee, are celebrating a big win: The Maryland General Assembly’s passage of the Ending Youth Homelessness Act of 2018. Read More
How a Community Grants Program Pivoted to Address Local Needs During the Pandemic In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Fusion Partnerships — a Baltimore nonprofit funded in part by the Annie E. Casey Foundation — has modified its approach to better identify and meet the changing needs of the community. Read More
Juvenile Justice Publications for Lawmakers and Agencies This resource roundup, developed with the Casey Foundation’s support, highlights materials by juvenile justice leaders and researchers. Read More
Tips for Collaborating Across Sectors to Achieve Results A new working paper shares insights and tips from practitioners and investors involved in multisector efforts to achieve common, focused results that improve the circumstances for kids, families and communities — also known as collective impact. Read More
JDAI Celebrates 25 Years — and Significant Drops in Juvenile Incarceration and Crime The report, JDAI at 25 draws on data from 2008 through 2016 and finds that — when it comes to detention use — sites that have participated in Casey's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative are unequivocally better off today than they were before the initiative began 25 years ago. Read More
Child and Teen Death Rates on the Decline Since 1990, the mortality rate for American kids has declined 48% — to 24 deaths for every 100,000 children ages 1 to 19. Read More
Leadership Approach Contributes to Juvenile Justice Gains Could gains for young people involved in the juvenile justice system in one New York county be replicated in other nearby counties? Learn how Onondaga County leaders have used the Results Count® framework to drive change for young people. Read More
Building a Collaborative Community Safety Partnership in Baton Rouge Learn how Baton Rouge's Safe, Hopeful, Healthy BR is creating a collaborative public safety partnership. Read More
America’s Foster Care Population Is Growing — Again America’s foster care population grew by 13,000 children and youth — to more than 415,000 kids total — from 2013 to 2014, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
2018 Snapshot of Kids in Foster Care The gender and age breakdowns of kids in the U.S. foster care system have remained fairly consistent since 2003. View the data details. Read More