State Strategies to Address the Needs of Justice-Involved Youth Impacted by Collateral Consequences The National Governors Association explores how state leaders can mitigate the adverse effects of justice system involvement for youth. Read the report. Read More
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) 2013 Annual Results Report Inter-site Conference Summary 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 across the country that are committed to one cause: reducing the use of secure confinement for juveniles. Readers will learn how participating jurisdictions have succeeded in creating a fairer, safer and more efficient justice system for today’s youth—and where there is still much work to be done. The goal? Use this statistical progress check to deepen our understanding of the overall impact, influence and leverage of this detention reform movement. Read More
On the Road Car Ownership as an Asset Building Strategy for Reducing Transportation Related Barriers to Work This report explores seven of the more promising car ownership programs across the United States designed to help improve mobility and job access for the working poor and welfare recipients. Read More
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Brochure A Successful Approach to Comprehensive Reform Casey's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative works to improve lock-up conditions while vetting the types of kids needing to be detained. Read More
Race Matters: Unequal Opportunities for Health and Wellness Race plays a major role in health as poverty limits access to quality healthcare.This brief shows why we need to bring equality into the healthcare arena. Read More
Using Data to Promote Collaboration in Local School Readiness Systems This report describes and assesses the efforts of local members of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership to promote collaboration among local school readiness service providers in eight cities. Read More
Closing Massachusetts' Training Schools Reflections Forty Years Later 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 reform schools in the early 1970s. The report provides a history of the campaign and its aftermath, summarizes the major themes and ideas presented at the symposium and details the conclusions and recommendations from group discussions. Read More
Lending, Learning, Leading Developing Results-Based Leaders in Opportunity Finance This report tells the story of the CDFI Leadership Learning Network, a Casey Foundation initiative to equip leaders of community development finance institutions with the tools of results-based leadership (RBL). The Foundation shares lessons learned from the network, core RBL concepts and profiles of CDFI leaders as they apply RBL skills and tools to the work of their organizations. Read More
Helping Children and Parents Succeed Together An Update on the Dunbar Learning Complex In 2010, with support from the Casey Foundation and others, the Dunbar Learning Complex opened in southwest Atlanta. Its goal? Help parents and their children succeed together. This report offers an early look at the Dunbar Learning Complex’s work to date. Read More
Building Assets, Strengthening Families in Baltimore This report provides an overview of the key components of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s financial stability activities for low-income families in Baltimore and, increasingly, the state of Maryland. It is a case study of how this multipronged strategy has been developed and implemented in Baltimore and offers insights for others doing this important work in their communities. Read More