Scholarship Opportunity for Juvenile Justice Professionals The Casey Foundation is sponsoring scholarships for professionals to attend the 2021 American Probation and Parole Association’s winter training institute. Read More
New Casey Foundation Initiative Aims to Improve Job Prospects for Young Adults The Annie E. Casey Foundation announced today that it plans to award $6 million in grants over the next four years to increase job opportunities for America’s young adults in five cities, enabling them to begin building careers and develop the skills employers need. Read More
LEAP Partners Adapt to Support Youth Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Young people, especially those who’ve experienced public systems and homelessness, are facing numerous challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic. Learn how Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP) is developing solutions for these issues. Read More
Webinar: Building Equitable Hiring Technologies and Practices A recent webinar explores how hiring technologies may disadvantage young workers and workers of color. Panelists discuss how to navigate online applications, as well as recommendations to improve hiring processes. Read More
LA County Leader on Diverting Thousands of Young People From Court Los Angeles County is steering thousands of young people away from the juvenile court system and into community-led services. Helping lead this effort is Refugio Valle, director of the Youth Diversion and Development Division. Read his interview with the Casey Foundation. Read More
Unsafe Communities a Reality for Millions of U.S. Kids In 2015-2016, 6% of children — 4.4 million kids total — lived in communities felt unsafe by their parents. Read More
One Georgia County Reimagines Its Response to Juvenile Delinquency The Casey Foundation is providing strategic support and technical assistance to Chatham County, Georgia, as part of the Foundation’s commitment to reducing the incarceration of youth who do not pose a risk to community safety. Read More
Generation Z Breaks Records in Education and Health Despite Growing Economic Instability of Families The teenagers of Generation Z — the rising cohort born after 1995 that follows the Millennials — broke records in education and health indicators despite growing up in the midst of the economic downturn, according to the 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie. E. Casey Foundation. Read More
Fifty Years of Transforming Youth Justice A Dec. 6 webinar explored 50 years of youth justice reform under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Watch now. Read More
Webinar Offers Strategies for Maximizing Equity With the Family First Act Watch the Annie E. Casey Foundation's webinar recording on leveraging the Family First Prevention Services Act to advance equity in child welfare systems. Read More
