Ways to Limit Foster Care to Those Who Need It Foster care numbers rose over three years. Casey urges using proven strategies to ensure only kids truly needing care enter the system. Read More
New Proposal Calls for Return on Investment in Federal Child Welfare Financing The Casey Foundation and the Jim Casey Initiative proposed federal funding reforms to improve child welfare practices at a Capitol Hill briefing. Read More
Webinar Recording: Experts Prescribe Prevention Science to Keep Kids on Right Path Tackle troublesome behavior among youths before it leads to poor outcomes like violence, delinquency, dropping out of school, substance abuse and teen pregnancy. That lies at the heart of prevention science. Read More
Strengthening Leadership in Promise Neighborhoods A recent report explores how the Casey Foundation’s Results Count® framework helps federal Promise Neighborhoods grantees support kids and young adults. Read More
Pima County Reforming Juvenile Justice With Casey-Sponsored Training Pima County juvenile justice leaders completed Re-Imagining Juvenile Justice training and are re-thinking how they approach their work. Read More
Baltimore Nonprofits Awarded Grants to Support Summer Programs for Local Kids Learn about 21 nonprofits awarded grants through Casey’s 2021 BDSG program to support summer activities for disadvantaged Baltimore youth. Read More
Supporting Student Success Through Elev8 A national evaluation of Elev8 shows the program has made important strides since it began in 2008, despite implementation challenges that have arisen over the years. Elev8 aims to ensure all students have the services they need, with a special focus on successful transitions to high school — which research suggests is a critical turning point in a child’s future academic success. Read More
New Funds for Work: Connecting Systems for Justice-Involved Young People A new report, New Funds for Work: Connecting Systems for Justice-Involved Young People, provides a state-by-state look at youth served by workforce development boards that were justice-involved and offers recommendations to improve employment opportunities for these youth. Read More
As Abuses Revealed at Youth Prisons, Another State Pledges to Abandon the Model Recent allegations of abuse in five states underscores the Casey Foundation's call to replace youth prisons with alternatives that can ensure safe, healthy and therapeutic care for the small segment of the youth population who truly require confinement. Read More
Scholars Named to Program Promoting Diversity in the Evaluation Field The Casey Foundation recently welcomed 20 new scholars into its Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) program, part of an effort to increase the ranks of underrepresented researchers of color in leadership positions in the evaluation field. Read More
