Five Questions with Casey: Nate Balis on What’s Next for Juvenile Justice Reforms With more than 15 years of experience in juvenile justice, social policy and system reform, Nate Balis directs the Foundation's Juvenile Justice Strategy Group. For Five Questions with Casey, we sat down with Balis as his team launches a three-day conference for more than 900 juvenile justice reformers involved with the Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI). Read More
Casey Foundation Forms Advisory Council of Youth for Juvenile Justice Work Casey’s Juvenile Justice Strategy Group has launched a substantive, new partnership with young people currently and formerly involved in the juvenile justice system. Read More
What Is the Juvenile Justice Applied Leadership Network? Casey's program equips leaders to drive measurable and equitable results for youth at risk of legal system involvement. Learn more. Read More
The Applied Leadership Network: A Model for Building Leadership Skills in JDAI Sites The Casey Foundation's Applied Leadership Network is helping advance juvenile justice reforms in a number of states. Read More
Lessons from the Field: How Neighborhood Data Can Improve Low-Income Communities A new book, Strengthening Communities with Neighborhood Data, highlights successful examples of policymakers using neighborhood data from the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership(NNIP) to get a clearer picture of needed change. Read More
Child Poverty Rate Remains Flat Nationwide New data from the 2014 American Community Survey suggests that the child poverty rate remained stagnant nationwide – a sign that the country’s economic recovery is still leaving the lowest-income families behind. Read More
A Model Move: Trauma Informed Community Building In a new report, researchers outline what they’ve learned about trauma-informed community building and how it can help promote resiliency and social cohesion among residents who have experienced pervasive trauma. Read More
New to the Neighborhood – and Loving It Meet Meghan Thomas. She’s mother to 8-year-old Khalil and a rookie real estate agent. She’s also the first person to buy a newly renovated home in Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood – one of more than 50 being rehabbed as part of a multiyear redevelopment project. Read More
Casey Foundation Grantee Featured in Policy & Practice Case Commons earns high praise for supporting technology-smart casework in Policy & Practice magazine, a leading authority on public human services produced by the American Public Human Services Association. Read More
Two New Casey Initiatives to Focus on Education and Employment for Youth, Young Adults Millions of America's young people are struggling to find jobs — and to get the education and training necessary to keep them. Recognizing this, the Foundation is launching two new initiatives in September focused on ensuring youth and young adults have access to educational and employment opportunities that will enable them to become successful adults. Read More
