An Effective Approach to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Detention Reform Brief 3 This brief discusses the plight of racial minorities in the juvenile justice system and how JDAI (Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative) made a difference at the time of this report. Read More
Mentoring Former Prisoners A Guide for Reentry Programs This manual outlines the process for establishing, implementing and sustaining a workable mentoring program that supports former prisoner to community reentry services. Read More
Mentoring Formerly Incarcerated Adults Insights from the Ready4Work Reentry Initiative This report tells how the Ready4Work program, which aims to ease an ex-prisoner’s transition home, added a mentoring component to its suite of reentry support services. Readers will learn how 11 sites packaged this new component, who participated and what initial outcomes say about mentoring’s capacity for improving the lives of former inmates. Read More
Rightsizing Congregate Care A Powerful First Step in Transforming Child Welfare Systems This report illustrates how the Annie E. Casey Foundation collaborated with New York City, Louisiana, Maine and Virginia to identify five levers of change, reduce the use of congregate care and improve other performance indicators. The report also includes data on key improvements in each jurisdiction. Read More
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Results Report This is the first-published annual summary of results from the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), which began submitting results reports in 2004. These reports provide sites with an opportunity to report detention reform progress and to generate initiative-wide aggregate measures and intersite comparisons to deepen understanding of the overall status of the detention reform movement. Read More
The 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book State Profiles of Child Well-Being This 20th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides national and state-by-state information on the conditions of America’s children and families. The 2009 Data Book essay calls for improvements to the nation’s ability to design and evaluate programs aimed at the needs of children and families living in poverty. Read More
The 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Brief This 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Brief features highlights of the enhanced, mobile-friendly Data Center; data on the 10 key indicators of child well-being for all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; and a summary of this year's essay on using data to craft better policies for children and families. Read More
Kinship Care When Parents are Incarcerated What We Know, What We Can Do This paper explores the role of kinship care for children of parents currently incarcerated; examining the involvement of the child welfare system, and describing what can be done to develop more compassionate social policies and programs geared toward this population. Read More
Fixing a Broken System Transforming Maine's Child Welfare system Using a unique consulting approach, the Annie E. Casey Foundation collaborated with the Maine Office of Child and Family Services to drastically refocus their child welfare practice. The result: A reformed system that was more child-centered and outcomes-driven. Also included are data on key improvements, such as a 77% drop in residential placements and a 28% increase in kin placements over five years. Read More
Helping Organizations Achieve Successful Leadership Transitions The success and stability of nonprofit leaders make a tremendous difference to the organizations they shepherd and the communities they serve. This discussion paper for small foundations addresses common issues in leadership transitions for nonprofit organizations. The guide includes ways in which small foundations can invest in this area, as well as discussion questions and additional resources. Read More
