Youth and Credit: Resources for Young People These fliers are practical sources of information that caseworkers and others can provide to youth and young adults. Depicting different scenarios involving credit and identity theft, they speak directly to young people experiencing each situation. Read More
Collaborating for Successful Reentry A Practical Guide to Support Justice-Involved Young People Returning to the Community This guide teaches juvenile justice and social service professionals about supporting youth who are reentering their community after confinement or a court-ordered out-of-home placement. Readers will learn about collaborative and community-based approaches designed to eliminate barriers and help address the needs of young people. Read More
Transformational Relationships for Youth Success This seven-page brief shares lessons culled from more than 80 interviews with organizations, their workers and the youth that they support. Readers will learn about the pivotal and powerful difference that a strong relationship can make in a young person’s life and precisely what professionals and public systems can do to support these vital connections. Read More
Tipping the Scale Opening Opportunities for Systems-involved Youth This report shares growth strategies from partners engaged in the LEAP initiative. Read about their experiences and insights. Read More
Guidelines for Promoting Racially Equitable Purchasing More Race Matters Update #2 This guide, part of the Race Matters Toolkit, outlines a clear, three-step strategy for helping organizations make more racially equitable purchasing decisions. Visit the Race Matters Institute for more entries in the Race Matters collection. Read More
Detention Reform and Girls Challenges and Solutions This report examines the complex personal and social backdrop for girls in the delinquency system and looks at how girls are tracked at various key points in the juvenile justice process. By mapping how girls end up in the system, this report provides recommendations for gender-responsive detention reform. Read More
What’s the Return on Investment? Using Placement Analysis to Measure Child Welfare Costs In this brief, child welfare leaders and agencies learn about an approach, called placement day analysis, that calculates the financial impact of diverting or shortening child welfare placements. Equipped with this information, decision makers can identify the right interventions and program changes to invest in moving forward. Read More
Neighborhood Investment Flows Into Baltimore With a Case Study on the East Baltimore Development Initiative This study summarizes investment trends across Baltimore from 2004 to 2016, measuring neighborhood disparities in capital flows. Download the report and read a case study of the East Baltimore Development Initiative, which received more than $1 billion in investment. Read More
KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot on Foster Care Placement This Data Snapshot highlights newly available data on the KIDS COUNT Data Center marking the progress made by many states to increase the rates of children in foster care who are living with families and decrease the rates of those placed in institutions or group homes. The data also show that the type of foster care placement varies depending on the age of the child as well as the state of residence. Read More
KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Preventing Low Birthweight This brief outlines five strategies for reducing the rate of low birthweight babies. Read More
