Dallas County Holds "Day of Pardon" for Misdemeanor Warrants Dallas held its second "Day of Pardon," where some juveniles were able to get misdemeanor warrants cleared. Read More
Mississippi Juvenile Justice Officials Travel to Cook County for Model-Site Visit A Mississippi delegation got a first-hand look at Cook County, Illinois' successes in detention reform. Read More
Pennsylvania Launches JDAI in Four Counties Pennsylvania is one of the newest states to join JDAI, with sites in Lancaster, Lehigh, Philadelphia, and Allegheny counties agreeing to implement detention reform. Read More
San Francisco Probation Takes New Approach to Technical Violations San Francisco’s Juvenile Probation Department is using a new program in which youths facing detention for probation violation charges instead attend sessions designed to deepen their understanding of the rules and conditions governing court-ordered probation and the value of making good decisions. Read More
JDAI Expands Focus to "Deep End" of Juvenile System The Annie E. Casey Foundation is planning an expanstion of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) aimed at significantly reducing commitments to youth corrections centers and other residential through policy, practice, and program reforms at state and local levels. Read More
Children Living in High-Poverty Communities Surged 25% During Past Decade Nearly 8 million of America’s children live in high-poverty areas – about 1.6 million more since 2000 – according to a new KIDS COUNT data snapshot from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read More
What Is Permanence? Every child needs and deserves to grow up in a safe, loving and nurturing family – a family whose support is unconditional and will last a lifetime. Read More
How Casey Promotes Permanence for Kids in Child Welfare The Casey Foundation believes all children need and deserve a family, and, therefore, has invested significantly in advancing permanence for those children and young people in the foster care system. Permanence can take the form of a return to birth family, kinship care, guardianship or adoption. 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
Guide to Fidelity Measurement for the Lifelong Families Model This toolkit contains the 13 inventories and forms used to measure fidelity when applying the principles and components of Lifelong Families, a foster care practice model. Read More
