How Medicaid Can Help Child Welfare Systems Meet Kids’ Needs A new primer on Medicaid offers hands-on advice for child welfare leaders, Medicaid agencies and service providers who want to do a better job of collaborating to meet kids’ behavioral health needs. Read More
Two Leaders Confront a Major Roadblock — Structural Racism — in Their Pursuit of Equity On paper, the two leaders shared a goal: to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system. In reality, their different perspectives coupled with unaddressed pain and anger stemming from structural racism threatened to undermine their work. Read More
Pennsylvania Launches JDAI in Four Counties Pennsylvania is one of the newest states to join JDAI, with sites in Lancaster, Lehigh, Philadelphia, and Allegheny counties agreeing to implement detention reform. Read More
Workforce Development in East Baltimore Gets Boost With New Grants The Casey Foundation has awarded nearly $700,000 in grants to five nonprofit workforce initiatives to help residents in East Baltimore gain the skills and credentials they need to get family-supporting jobs with local employers. Read More
Becoming a Foster or Adoptive Parent Learn about how to become a foster or adoptive parent in your state. Read More
Minnehaha County, South Dakota, May Avoid New Facility JDAI efforts in Minnehaha County, South Dakota have proven to be successful by diverting plans to build a new a $14 million youth detention facility. Read More
May 15 Webinar: Preparing Young People for Workplace Success Join the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Child Trends for a May 15 webinar that explores how Generation Work and Positive Youth Development strategies are giving organizations a new way to help young people achieve workplace success. Read More
Seeking Grant Applications for Summer Youth Programs in Baltimore Baltimore-area funders are again joining to offer grant funding to nonprofits to provide high-quality educational and recreational programs for city youth in summer 2020. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on Nov. 22, 2019. Read More
How the KIDS COUNT Data Center Can Help a Child Advocate Learn how a child advocate can analyze data, connect with others and share resources through the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Community Investment Fund Spotlight: Helping Students Make the Grade This spotlight tells how two women used a $4,200 grant from the Community Investment Fund to launch a Common Core Coaching education program for students in Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit V. Read More