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Embedding Detention Reform in State Statutes, Rules and Regulations

June 4, 2014

True to its title, this report aims to help jurisdictions embed the goals of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) into state law. How it does this—by pairing an...

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Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) 2013 Annual Results Report

June 3, 2014

This report—the fifth of its kind—serves as an annual results recap for Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative. It packages data from 131 sites...

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Noncitizen Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

June 3, 2014

This report—the seventh in a series focused on juvenile detention reform—boldly goes where few reports have gone before: straight to the intersection of immigration and the...

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2014 Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Progress Report

June 3, 2014

This publication provides a detailed update on the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative.

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Closing Massachusetts' Training Schools

June 3, 2014

This publication recounts a one-day symposium convened in 2011 to remember and reconsider a historic reform campaign — the closure of Massachusetts’ entire network of juvenile...

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Juvenile Detention Facility Assessment

May 20, 2014

This publication provides a guide to help Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative sites improve conditions in juvenile detention facilities.

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Making Detention Reform Work for Girls

December 6, 2013

Casey’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) produced a practical, detailed, how-to guide to tackle the issue of girls held in detention facilities and get true...

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Bernalillo County Mental Health Clinic Case Study

November 30, 2013

This JDAI Practice Guide highlights the mental health needs of juvenile detainees and how one site in New Mexico met those needs.

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Cost Avoidance

May 26, 2013

This issue brief highlights the financial price tag to taxpayers of poor outcomes among youth exiting foster care. It analyzes costs in three areas: education, parenthood and...

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