Juvenile Justice System Focuses on Strengths of Youth and Families in Massachusetts A new training curriculum being piloted in Massachusetts focuses on creating strong connections between frontline staff and youth in the juvenile justice system. The objective is to transform the efforts of staff in the system, who make important decisions that directly affect youth and have an opportunity to build on young people’s strengths to improve outcomes. Read More
How Ohio Went From Investing in Youth Prisons to Investing in Youths’ Futures In the past two decades, Ohio has slashed its state youth prison population by more than 80% while boosting public safety, improving youth outcomes and saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. A new report documents these successes and shares key findings and recommendations. Read More
Juvenile Justice Resources: Webinar Recordings to Improve Practice JDAIconnect hosts free webinars to share knowledge within the field. The one-hour webinars are coordinated by JDAI’s training partner and span a range of subjects from JDAI core strategies such as expediting case processing to newer initiatives to engage young people in system reform. Read More
The Power of Sector Strategies: Meeting the Needs of Workers and Employers For two decades, the Casey Foundation has supported sector-based workforce development as a strategy for increasing jobs and career opportunities for low-income, low-skilled adults. A new book, Connecting People to Work, charts what the field has learned about this strategy and what lies ahead. Read More
Learning to LEAP: Resources Share Early Lessons on Supporting Youth Introducing three new resources informed by the early successes of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential — or LEAP — initiative. Read More
Results Count Heads to Arizona to Help Kids Hit Grade-Level Reading Benchmarks Reading at grade level by third grade is a critical milestone — one that can help predict whether or not kids will thrive in later grades and graduate from high school. That’s why Read On Arizona tapped the Casey Foundation to advance its work helping young Arizonans reach this important target. Read More
A New Approach to Preparing Young Adults for Jobs A key component of the Foundation’s new Generation Work initiative is the use of positive youth development strategies. This post highlights the core principles of such strategies, which actively engage young people in learning and provide them with opportunities, such as on-the-job training or mentoring, that help foster their success. Read More
Meet the 2019 JDAI Distinguished System Leadership Award Winners Leaders from New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and Santa Cruz, California have earned the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2019 JDAI® Distinguished System Leadership Award, which honors a youth justice system leader who has achieved lasting juvenile justice reform in a JDAI site. Read More
Single Parents Raising More Than a Third of U.S. Kids 2014 KIDS COUNT statistics suggest that single-parent households are growing more common across America as 35% of the country's kids live in single-parent homes. Read More