Compared to Their Classmates, Kids of Color More Likely to Be Removed by Schools Black and American Indian kids are more likely — and in some instances much more likely — to be suspended and expelled from public school compared to their white, Latino and Asian classmates. Learn more about this new search category Check out the Data Center today Read More
Pierce County Illustrates Rewards of Digging Deeper Into Data to Reduce Bias The Washington Supreme Court's newsletter, Full Court Press, reported on a presentation by Pierce County JDAI before the state Supreme Court. The meeting, attended by Superior Court judges and statewide juvenile justice leaders, was convened to look at bias and disproportionality in the juvenile justice system. Read More
TARC: The Information Exchange Network of Making Connections The Technical Assistance Resource Center (TARC) served as the information exchange arm of the Casey Foundation's decade-long Making Connections community change initiative launched in 1999. Read More
Juvenile Detention Reformers Gather in Atlanta, GA Learn about a two-day conference that was attended by more than 800 juvenile justice professionals from Casey's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative sites across the country. Read More
Indiana Approved to Claim Federal Funding for Modern Child Welfare Technology New federal waiver allows Indiana to request federal funding for key costs of Casebook, a core component of the state’s child welfare technology platform. Read More
Building the Evidence Base to Support Promising Programs Casey invests in increasing the availability and use of evidence-based programs within the child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, health and education systems. Learn about recent investments. Read More
Number and Share of Kids Without Health Insurance Jump in Pre-Pandemic Report The numbers on U.S. kids without health insurance worsened in 2019 — even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Get the data details. Read More
Tips for Homeowners: Protecting the Value of Your Home A recent workshop for residents of southwest Atlanta's Neighborhood Planning Unit V focused on protecting the value of their homes — and dealing with unsolicited purchase offers. Read More
Foundation Seeks Grant Proposals for Juvenile Probation Research Projects The Annie E. Casey Foundation is requesting proposals for two research projects that will inform efforts to transform juvenile probation. Learn more about these proposals. Read More
Webinar: Learn About Strategic Financing for Tested, Effective Programs Join the Foundation at 2 p.m. ET, Thursday, Oct. 13, for the latest webinar in the Using What Works webinar series. Strategic Financing for Tested, Effective Programs will highlight financing tools and strategies from Casey’s Evidence2Success framework. Read More