Reversing Widening Gaps by Race and Place
The use of youth detention is surging in some areas, with huge and growing racial disparities arising post-pandemic. Get the facts.
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Restructuring Probation Terms to Promote Success
Juvenile probation term lengths should be only as long as is necessary to connect youth with any needed support and services in their communities and should be designed to minimize disruption to young people’s lives and development.
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A KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot
The rate of kids being incarcerated is declining in the United States as public safety is increasing. This data brief presents the trend in how we are treating juvenile offenders in hopes the trend continues.
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Strategies to Prevent Homelessness for Youth Transitioning From Foster Care
In America, too many youth are getting too old for foster care and falling into homelessness. This brief, a product of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, analyzes what we’re getting wrong — and how we can fix our patchwork system of supports. Even more, it offers fresh ideas on how we can keep this vulnerable demographic off the streets and striding toward adulthood on solid, stable ground.
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Seeing the Protective Rainbow: Family Resiliency in Native American Communities
The study looks at unique resiliency themes, factors and characteristics that have allowed Alaskan and Native American peoples to thrive through social and political persecution.
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Identifying Candidates Under The Family First Act
This report examines the risks of children returning to foster care after discharge and seeks to help child welfare agencies identify kids who might benefit from evidence-based interventions available through the Family First Prevention Services Act.
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Leveraging the Strengthening Families Act to Promote Normalcy
This brief draws upon the voices of young people in transition from foster care to adulthood to explore the need and strategies for providing typical experiences — or normalcy — for kids in foster care.
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Findings From the National School Readiness Indicators Initiative
This report tells the story of the National School Readiness Indicators Initiative, a 17-state effort that produced a master list of critical school readiness measures. It also shares what participating states learned about using these indicators to inform policies and help kids succeed.
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Opportunity Passport Participant Survey Results Show Employment Helps Many Thrive
Learn how to design effective policies and practices that supply the resources, relationships and opportunities needed to help these young people successfully transition into adulthood.
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Youth-Adult Partnerships
This issue brief outlines how child welfare agencies can support both strong youth-adult partnerships and authentic youth engagement. The end goal is simple: Help young people in foster care become meaningfully invested — and connected — as they move toward adulthood.
This publication is a product of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative.
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