Preliminary Analysis Shows Average Daily Detention Populations Reduced by 43% Across JDAI Sites Find recent data about reliance on secure detention for delinquent youths from Casey's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, a nationwide effort of local and state justice systems to eliminate unnecessary and inappropriate use of secure detention for juveniles. Read More
Community In-Site Podcast Debuts A Casey-funded podcast provides communities insight on how to reduce child welfare system involvement. Learn more. Read More
Fewer Children Living With At Least One Unemployed Parent While the child poverty rate in America hovers around 22%, there are fewer kids living in homes with an unemployed parent. Read More
New Resources Support Efforts to Integrate Civic Data to Solve Problems Casey Foundation grantees have published two new resources to help state and local governments navigate the substantial challenges associated with collecting, linking, cleaning and securing data in the public interest. Read More
Promoting Economic Inclusion in Atlanta With Business and Civic Leaders The Partnership for Southern Equity, with support from Casey, recently launched the JUST Opportunity Circle, a public-private collaborative working to promote greater economic inclusion in Atlanta. Read More
The Center for Working Families Launches Green Works Program The Center for Working Families, Inc. reports on the early progress of its Green Works program, an Atlanta effort to provide job seekers with marketable skills in environmental remediation and green industrial jobs. Read More
Revisions to JDAI Facility Assessment Standards on the Way The U.S. Department of Justice has issued the final Prison Rape Elimination Act standards, outlining the steps juvenile and adult facilities must take to address sexual misconduct prevention, detection and response. Read More
Patrick McCarthy on the Increasing Struggles of America's Working Families Four years after a call to arms to fight poverty during the historic presidential election of 2008, the Annie E. Casey Foundation's President and CEO Patrick McCarthy calls for increased awareness of disadvantaged children. McCarthy delivered these remarks during a welcoming speech at the Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity forum in January 2012. Read More
Missouri Judge Named 2013 William H. Rehnquist Award Recipient The Honorable Jimmie Edwards, who for a number of years led JDAI reform in the city of St. Louis, Mo., has been selected to receive the 2013 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence from the National Center for State Courts. Read More
2010-2011 Children and Family Fellows Announced Eighteen children and family services leaders named to Fellowship for talent, vision in sustaining community initiatives and system reforms. Read More