Blog Archive

Join Our Webinar on Expanding Housing Options for the Formerly Incarcerated

A Casey webinar will feature officials from Root & Rebound, a center in California that advocates for people with criminal backgrounds.

Webinar To Examine Three Key Fiscal Elements for Using the Family First Act

The Casey and Grant foundations will host a webinar on using Family First funds to better serve children and families.

Married Parents Are Still the Norm for Kids in Immigrant Families

Three out of every four kids in immigrant families — 13.7 million children total — are being raised in married-couple households.

Children Who Are Adopted by Relatives on the Rise

New data from the KIDS COUNT Data Center show that the number of kids being adopted by relatives is on the rise.

Leadership Program Supports New York City’s Community Schools Initiative

New York City’s Department of Education and the Casey Foundation have joined forces to improve outcomes for students and families by offering an intensive leadership development program to the staff of the DOE’s Office of Community Schools.

Six Questions on Family-Centered Practice With Alex Barkley in Columbus

Alex Barkley, collaborations manager at Community Properties of Ohio, shares his perspective on embracing a family-centered practice. In this post, he discusses challenges to collaborating across organizations, how data underpins this work, and more.

Watch Our Webinar: Policy Reforms to Stop the Criminalization of Poverty in Maryland

A Casey Foundation webinar explores how a criminal record fuels a cycle of poverty in Maryland and how policy reforms can disrupt this cycle. Watch now.

Sharp Declines in Youth Placements Continue in Ohio’s Lucas County

The Christian Science Monitor recently ran a feature story showing how juvenile justice leaders in Lucas County, Ohio (Toledo) – one of a handful of JDAI sites nationwide that is working with the Foundation to expand JDAI’s focus to the deep end of the system – are increasingly steering court-involved youth away from correctional institutions and other residential placements.

Talking Family-Centered Practice With United Way’s Henrietta Muñoz

Henrietta Muñoz, senior vice president of research and evaluation at United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, shares her thoughts on adopting a family-centered practice. In this post, she discusses the values driving this work, training recommendations and how family-centered approaches intersect with evidence-based service models.

Progress Check: Youth Confinement in America Today

Youth prisons and correctional facilities are dangerous, ineffective and unnecessary. So it's good news that America’s youth confinement rate dropped across all racial and ethnic groups during the last decade — and by 40% overall.