Ensuring Equity in Government Contracting During a Time of Crisis A handout funded by the Casey Foundation explains how governments can transform how they award contract work to bolster jobs and business development opportunities in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. Read More
Equitably Addressing COVID-19 and Economic Turmoil in Baltimore The Baltimore Health Corps aims to employ 300 Baltimoreans to trace potential COVID-19 infections and coordinate care for those who contract the disease. Learn more about the initiative. Read More
Newspaper Series Highlights Evidence2Success in Kearns, Utah A three-part series by The Salt Lake Tribune explores how community leaders in Utah’s Kearns are implementing the Evidence2Success framework to help children and teens build better relationships, make healthier choices and ward off depression and negative thoughts. Read More
Supporting Leaders in the Transformative Justice Movement The Peer2Peer Exchange program is preparing young leaders affected by incarceration and violence to lead a movement toward transformative justice. Following its inaugural year, the program looks to build on its success and build on its results. Read More
Tool Kit Puts Racial Equity at the Center of Data Integration Social service agencies and schools need well-designed data integration to meet the unique needs of kids and families. But without mechanisms that advance racial equity, these infrastructures can reinforce systemic inequities for people of color. A new tool kit from the University of Pennsylvania’s Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP) offers a blueprint for integrating data with an intentional focus on racial equity. Read More
Responding to COVID-19 Through Relationships and Cultural Understanding The COVID-19 crisis has disproportionately affected Native Americans. By leveraging its relationships and understanding of tribal culture, the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health is doing its part by providing food, water, personal protective equipment and other essential home health items, as well as COVID-19 testing and contact tracing efforts. Read More
Register: Conducting a Fiscal Analysis to Implement Family First Prevention Services Act The Annie E. Casey Foundation is hosting a webinar on July 22, 2020 to debut a Foundation tool and guide for child welfare leaders to plan their fiscal approaches to implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act. Read More
Five Advocacy Organizations Receive Support to Reduce Youth Incarceration The National Juvenile Justice Network recently awarded $350,000 to five state-based organizations working to educate policymakers and media about the safety of young people in the justice system. Read More
Accessing JDAIconnect JDAIconnect, the online community for JDAI practitioners and everyone who cares about youth justice, shares log-on instructions for existing and new users. Read More
Our Statement on George Floyd’s Death, Nationwide Protests and the Work Ahead The death of George Floyd is a devastating reminder that America is still not a land of liberty and justice for all. Tearing down the obstacles that stand in the way of children and youth of color is central to Casey's mission. Learn more about supporting the struggle for equity. Read More