Blog Archive

Jim Casey Fellows Led Efforts to Improve Child Welfare

The 2022 cohort of Jim Casey Fellows led projects that advance policy and strengthen communities. Learn about their work.

Helping Public Agencies and Nonprofits Communicate for Evidence-Driven Action

A new brief highlights challenges and opportunities for organizations that want to ensure the evidence they share is timely, readily available and clear.

Virtual Events to Highlight Strategies that Promote Financial Stability, Wealth

Upcoming events will highlight strategies for reducing debt and increasing financial stability for families and young people. Learn more and register.

Caldwell: Working on Behalf of Baltimore at Home and in the Office

Jacqueline Caldwell, an administrative assistant for Casey’s Baltimore Civic Site, shares her work to disburse grants that strengthen and support organizations central to the Foundation’s mission, as well as her efforts as a community leader.

Spotlighting Youth Engagement and Preventing Teen Placements

A Child Welfare issue features Casey Foundation articles on youth engagement and keeping young people in families while in foster care.

What Is Emerging Adult Justice?

Read how the justice system could better serve emerging adults and why people are calling for change.

Immigrant Families with Kids Are at Greater Risk of Financial Instability

A family’s financial well-being can make a difference in a child's upbringing. But, for many immigrant families, financial stability isn’t a given — even when parents have stable employment, according to KIDS COUNT Data Center statistics.

Study: Foster Youth Fare Better When They Receive Care Until 21

Youth who remained in foster care until age 19 were more likely to have a place to live, were enrolled in school and had health insurance when compared to their peers who were no longer in state custody, according to recently released findings from researchers at Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago.