Jabari: Reaching His Full Potential "Growing up, my dream was to be a vet," recalls Jabari. "As I got older, life happened. There were trials and tribulations, and I got off track from that dream." Learn how an evidence-based program helped this young man pivot and reach his potential. Read More
Adopting a Public Health Approach to Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Preventing child sexual abuse is necessary and needed and — in her TEDMED talk — expert Elizabeth Letourneau tells how. Read More
Casey Helps Students Get Frontline Experience Working in Juvenile Justice Policy and Advocacy This summer, thanks to a program supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Florida interned with national juvenile justice policy and advocacy organizations. All five students who completed the program worked on the frontlines — and on the national stage — in the fields of juvenile justice advocacy and reform. Read More
New Guide Champions Greater Racial Equity in Detention Via Case Processing Reforms A new JDAI™ practice guide explores how reducing unnecessary delays in case processing can safely decrease the number of youth in secure detention and eliminate racial, ethnic and gender disparities in detention. Read More
What’s Happening at 352 University Avenue in Atlanta? This post checks in on the redevelopment plans for 352 University Avenue, a 31-acre property in Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood. Within the next decade, the Annie E. Casey Foundation hopes to transform the site into a vibrant space where residents can work, shop, create and play. Read More
Casey Shares Insights From its Journey Toward Racial and Ethnic Equity and Inclusion Casey Foundation employees learned that their staff had transformed, in less than a decade, from a workforce that was 60% white to one that was nearly 60% people of color. A new document, Operationalizing Equity, examines how this evolution unfolded. Read More
Our Statement on Ending DACA Today’s decision to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) policy effectively disrupts the futures of the nearly 800,000 young people who have called the United States home since childhood and represents an incredible loss for America. Read More
TST-FC: Helping Caregivers Understand Trauma’s Impact on Children To help foster parents understand kids in their care, keep kids from moving from one foster home to another and reduce turnover among caregivers, the Foundation has supported development of Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care (TST-FC). Read More
Turning Brain “Strains” Into “Gains” for Adolescents in Foster Care A new video, “Promoting Brain Gains for Youth Emerging From Foster Care,” discusses adolescent brain development and ways child welfare systems inhibit or encourage opportunities for the successful transition to adulthood. Read More
Six Big City Mayors Lead Juvenile Justice Reform Efforts A new report funded by the Casey Foundation, Lessons Learned: Mayoral Leadership for Juvenile Justice Reform, chronicles the positive influence of mayoral leadership on juvenile justice reform in six U.S. cities. Read More
