Blog Archive

Reimagining How To Serve Young People in a Pandemic

The pandemic forced nonprofits to adapt how they work with high schoolers. Read how one organization pivoted to reach thousands more youth.

Bringing Quality Goods and Services to the Community

The Atlanta Civic Site partners with residents and other groups to help residents develop a consumer advocacy strategy to improve their access to quality goods and services through local businesses and institutions.

Making the Case for Juvenile Justice Reform

Join the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Pretrial Justice Institute for an Aug. 10, 2017, webinar on communications tools that build and maintain support for juvenile justice reform.

Kids Represent a Shrinking Share of the U.S. Population in 2016

In 2016, children represented 23% of all Americans. See how this statistic has changed over time.

Developing Future JDAI Leaders Has Big Payoff

The Applied Leadership Network (ALN) provides an extensive leadership curriculum for future JDAI leaders to encourage new methods and skills to effectively lead detention reform in deeper and more meaningful ways.

Growing Healthy Readers: Taking Action to Help Kids Start Out Healthy

The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s Healthy Readers team has released a series of resource guides making the connection between health and learning in the early years.

JDAI Sites: Apply Now for New Staff Development Opportunity

Now through Jan. 25, 2018, agencies and organizations affiliated with a Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative site can apply to participate in a professional development program supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation called Re-Imagining Juvenile Justice.

6% of Kids in America Lack Health Insurance

The number of uninsured children in America has fallen by 40%, but that still leaves 4.4 million kids uninsured.

Leadership Development Program Improving Children’s Health Advocacy

Together, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies are directing and funding intensive training for some of the top child health advocates from throughout the nation in improving health outcomes for children.