Out-Of-Home Juvenile Detention Placements Drop 41% & Detention Admissions Fall 17% Across Jurisdictions Participating In Annie E. Casey Foundation Initiatives

Out-of-home juvenile detention placements decreased by 41% in 2025 in 17 jurisdictions participating in The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s (The Foundation’s) probation transformation initiative, according to the organization’s annual report. In total, 30 jurisdictions have adopted the Foundation’s probation transformation approach.

Of the 73 sites participating in the Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), detention admissions fell 17% from 2020 through 2025. The JDAI is focused on safely reducing the number of youths entering juvenile detention.

The number of children and youth in group child welfare placements across Baltimore City, Maryland; Connecticut; Oklahoma . . .