Tool Kit Puts Racial Equity at the Center of Data Integration Social service agencies and schools need well-designed data integration to meet the unique needs of kids and families. But without mechanisms that advance racial equity, these infrastructures can reinforce systemic inequities for people of color. A new tool kit from the University of Pennsylvania’s Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP) offers a blueprint for integrating data with an intentional focus on racial equity. Read More
Responding to COVID-19 Through Relationships and Cultural Understanding The COVID-19 crisis has disproportionately affected Native Americans. By leveraging its relationships and understanding of tribal culture, the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health is doing its part by providing food, water, personal protective equipment and other essential home health items, as well as COVID-19 testing and contact tracing efforts. Read More
Register: Conducting a Fiscal Analysis to Implement Family First Prevention Services Act The Annie E. Casey Foundation is hosting a webinar on July 22, 2020 to debut a Foundation tool and guide for child welfare leaders to plan their fiscal approaches to implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act. Read More
Five Advocacy Organizations Receive Support to Reduce Youth Incarceration The National Juvenile Justice Network recently awarded $350,000 to five state-based organizations working to educate policymakers and media about the safety of young people in the justice system. Read More
Our Statement on George Floyd’s Death, Nationwide Protests and the Work Ahead The death of George Floyd is a devastating reminder that America is still not a land of liberty and justice for all. Tearing down the obstacles that stand in the way of children and youth of color is central to Casey's mission. Learn more about supporting the struggle for equity. Read More
COVID-19 Juvenile Justice Survey: Youth Detention Admissions Fell by More Than Half in Two Months A new survey of juvenile justice agencies across the United States found the rate of young people admitted to detention fell 52% in March and April — a decline in two months equal to one that took place over 13 years. Read More
Survey: 52% Drop in Admissions to Youth Detention in Two Months Matches Reduction Over 13 Years The rate of young people admitted to detention has fallen by 52% during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey of juvenile justice agencies in 33 states — equaling in two months a national decline that took 13 years. Read More
Answering These Questions Can Help Juvenile Justice Agencies Reduce Youth Detention The Casey Foundation is providing questions that juvenile justice leaders can ask themselves to scrutinize detention decisions and to review — if not reconsider — every policy that leans toward confinement. The questions cover population, releases, admissions and race equity. Read More
Strategies for Helping Low-Income Workers in Uncertain Times The Casey Foundation is revisiting a report, Taking Action, released in late 2019, with 12 case studies and recommendations for how lawmakers, employers and education and workforce development professionals can better serve and improve conditions for workers in the face of a rapidly changing economy. Read More
Aiding Youth-Serving Organizations in Pursuing Racial Equity Youth-serving organizations looking to identify and address programmatic barriers that are holding back young people of color have a new resource on hand, courtesy of the research nonprofit Child Trends and a paper funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read More
