Blog Archive

McCarthy: “Let Us Be the Leaders Who Witness the Closing of the Last Training School”

Former Casey Foundation President & CEO Patrick McCarthy gave the keynote at the 2010 Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-site Conference.

Help Kids Thrive by Focusing Child Welfare Casework on Family Permanence

In A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency, the Casey Foundation describes how child welfare casework can do more to provide children with stable living situations and build children’s long-term family relationships.

Webinar and New Tools: Evidence-Based Communications Strategies Advance Juvenile Justice Reform

Three new resources are now available to help supporters of juvenile justice reform be more effective for youth and communities by utilizing evidence-based communications strategies.

The Growing Role of Public Assistance in Childhood

From 2005 to 2017, 46 states saw an uptick in the share of kids whose families received public assistance. Learn which states were outliers.

Preliminary Analysis Shows Average Daily Detention Populations Reduced by 43% Across JDAI Sites

Casey’s JDAI shares data on reducing reliance on secure detention for youth by helping justice systems cut unnecessary and inappropriate use. Learn more.

Lending, Learning, Leading: How Community Lending Institutions Are Focusing on Results

Casey's signature strategy, results-based leadership, is promoting the development of community development financial institutions and their networks to make a differece in poor neighborhoods struggling with financial services.

Casi la mitad de las familias estadounidenses con niños pequeños les cuesta llegar a fin de mes

Casi la mitad de las familias del país con niños pequeños viven en hogares de bajos ingresos y carecen de las herramientas necesarias para obtener estabilidad. Un nuevo informe de la Annie E. Casey Foundation propone un esfuerzo global para sacar a los niños de la pobreza.

New Funds Limit Use of Detention Facilities for Massachusetts Youth and Expand JDAI

A new grant from the Lookout Foundation has been awarded to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. This grant will help deliver JDAI’s mission to decrease the length of stay in detention for low-risk youth and reduce the racial and ethnical disparities within the juvenile justice system. JDAI’s work will expand at the county level across Massachusetts.