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Effective Language for Communicating Children’s Issues

May 1, 1999

This report explores how media portrays children’s issues and shows how strategic messaging can shift narratives to support policy and outreach efforts.

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Controlling the Front Gates

April 2, 1999

This JDAI report offers tips to help jurisdictions make fair detention decisions and find more effective, efficient alternatives to juvenile detention.

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Collaboration and Leadership in Juvenile Detention

March 2, 1999

This report shares lessons on leadership and teamwork in detention reform, with insights from sites in Casey’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative.

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Planning for Juvenile Detention Reforms

February 2, 1999

This model helps jurisdictions assess and improve juvenile detention practices, offering tested strategies and solutions from a five-year pilot.

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The Eye of the Storm

January 1, 1999

This report reflects on Casey’s first failed system reform effort and the lessons that shaped its future approach to community change work.

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Overview: The JDAI Story

January 1, 1999

This report provides an overview of JDAI, a five-year, five-site experiment designed to streamline and rationalize local juvenile detention systems.

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Ensuring That Adoptions Succeed is in Everyone's Best Interest

December 9, 1998

This article urges better pre- and post-adoption support to prevent failed adoptions and reduce trauma for affected children.

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Plain Talk to Reduce Teen Pregnancy

March 8, 1998

This is the story of how five different communities worked to protect local youth from the risks of early sexual activity. This is the story of Plain Talk.

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Implementing Change in Child Welfare: Lessons from Family to Family

October 2, 1997

This report uses data from focus groups with workers and foster parent to assess changes in practices related to the Family to Family initiative.

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