State Leaders Study Virginia Juvenile Justice Transformation Virginia’s juvenile justice reforms are being showcased this week, backed by two years of Casey Foundation support and technical assistance. Read More
Most Kids Exit Foster Care With a Permanent Connection to a Family More than 240,000 children exited the foster care system in 2015, the vast majority to family, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Nurturing Healthy Relationships Among Young Adults Learn about "Love Notes," a YouthBuild, Casey-supported program that steers youth away from unhealthy relationships before marriage or parenthood. Read More
Divert Youth From Prosecution With Promising State and Local Efforts A Casey-funded report makes the case for expanding the use of diversion in addressing youth misbehavior. Learn about these efforts. Read More
What's Needed to Create and Preserve Affordable Housing in Atlanta This post explores the changes necessary to promote and protect affordable housing for Black Atlantans. Read more. Read More
Los Angeles and New Jersey Steer Youth Away from Justice System New policies in L.A. County and New Jersey shift juvenile justice to schools and communities, not courts, to handle most youth misconduct. Read more. Read More
Kentucky Youth Use the Arts to Spotlight Child Welfare Inequities In Kentucky, a program called Truth Telling Circles uses the arts to highlight racial inequities in the foster care system. Read more about its work. Read More
Webinar: Gun Violence Reduction Strategies A free webinar will explore gun violence reduction strategies, with a focus on how community stakeholders can do their part. Register now. Read More
Baltimore Youth Initiative Issues Grants to 10 Organizations A Baltimore youth initiative recently awarded grants to 10 local organizations that support healthy youth development. Learn more about the grantees. Read More
Ben Hecht on Equity, Innovation and Opportunity in American Cities Lisa Hamilton and Living Cities president Ben Hecht discuss opportunities to reduce poverty, drive innovation and promote equity. Read More
