Blog Archive

Webinar Recording: How Nonprofits Can Assess and Improve Their Parent Engagement Efforts

Watch the Foundation’s webinar on a new tool that helps nonprofits and schools better engage parents in their work and develop parent leaders.

Why Disaggregating Data by Race is Important for Racial Equity

Learn how disaggregating data by race and presenting data in a meaningful, effective way uncovers hidden social and racial inequities in need of attention.

New Funds Limit Use of Detention Facilities for Massachusetts Youth and Expand JDAI

A new grant from the Lookout Foundation has been awarded to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. This grant will help deliver JDAI’s mission to decrease the length of stay in detention for low-risk youth and reduce the racial and ethnical disparities within the juvenile justice system. JDAI’s work will expand at the county level across Massachusetts.

Share Your #ReasonsForHope With Us

What gives you hope? Join the conversations and share with us the inspiring events and actions taking place in your community using #ReasonsForHope.

Results-Based Leadership Video: Resolving Differences Using the "Circle of Conflict"

A Foundation video lays out common conflicts on a circle graph. Being able to identify and discuss the types of conflict that are occurring will allow partners to better determine how to resolve them so productive work can continue to happen.

Introducing Atlanta’s 2016 Community Investment Fund Recipients

Atlanta’s Community Investment Fund Advisory Board has selected its new class of grant recipients for 2016. Funded projects will serve residents in a variety of ways — from developing community gardens to pairing local youth with rescue animals in need. This blog post previews the work of all 15 awardees.

Evidence and Interest Grow for Program Promoting Educational Success for Students in Foster Care

FosterEd, an initiative of the National Center for Youth Law, aims to improve educational outcomes for students in foster care. Learn how this porgram is helping policymakers provide positive educational outcomes for foster youth.

My Life, My Plan: The Value of Youth-Led Reentry Planning

A guest author outlines how youth-led reentry plans empower young people to take control of their own lives. Michael D. explains how taking ownership of his plan allowed him to identify the support he needed to make his reentry successful.

Recorded Webinar Available: Identifying Community Priorities for Child Well-Being

Listen to the Foundation's latest webinar, Using What Works to Improve Child Well-Being. An expert panel discusses how the Youth Experience Survey, one of the key tools in the Evidence2Success framework, generates data on risk and protective factors that help communities address problems for youth before they start.

New Video: How Leaders Can Get the Right Feedback with Situation-Behavior-Impact

Giving and encouraging feedback is an essential part of being a leader. A new Foundation video explains how “situation-behavior-impact” feedback can promote awareness of how behaviors affect team members and improve team function.