Community Investment Fund Spotlight: Helping Students Make the Grade This spotlight tells how two women used a $4,200 grant from the Community Investment Fund to launch a Common Core Coaching education program for students in Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit V. Read More
The Community Investment Fund: Inspiring Innovative Resident-Led Change Something special is happening in Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit V. Each year, people who live or work in the neighborhood can apply to receive small grants through Casey's Community Investment Fund. The goal? Promoting community-driven change by empowering residents to tackle common neighborhood challenges. Read More
Advocates Use Results-based Leadership Skills to Improve Policy for Kids Thirteen states have benefited from policy and advocacy efforts of the latest Leadership Institute for State-Based Advocates class. Among other achievements in helping children and families, the class increased early learning and child-care options, increased free breakfast and lunch for kids and enhanced job prospects for parents. Read More
Federal Demonstration Seeks to Curb Homelessness Among Youth Transitioning from Foster Care Under a new U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program, many young people transitioning from foster care could receive help with housing. The federal effort is designed to address the troubling trend of homelessness among this population. Read More
Bipartisan, Common-Sense Solutions In a Jan. 28 column, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof highlighted the recent re-emergence of compassionate conservatism, a strand of moderate conservatism that includes a focus on reducing poverty and promoting opportunity. Read More
President Obama Bans Solitary Confinement of Youth in Federal Prisons The Casey Foundation has been urging all facilities housing children to end the practice of solitary confinement. President Obama’s decision this week to ban the practice of holding young people in solitary confinement in federal prisons makes significant progress in eliminating this inhumane practice for young people. Read More
Supreme Court Decision Affirms Justice System Must Treat Youth Differently The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that people sentenced as teenagers to life imprisonment for murder must have a chance to argue that they be released from prison. The ruling offers as many as 2,000 people, sentenced as children, the opportunity to have their cases reviewed and the potential for their sentences to be reduced. Read More
Expanded Partnership Seeks Proposals for Summer Programs Serving Baltimore Youth Baltimore’s largest charitable funders are teaming up, for the second year, to create new summer learning opportunities for city youth. Read More
Too Many Young Readers Still Aren’t Making the Grade Reading scores for fourth graders steadily improved over the last 5 years. Despite these improvements, roughly 2 out of 3 fourth graders failed to score proficient in reading in 2015. Read More
Learn More: A Collection of Resources on Building Savings and Assets Resources for those interested in learning more about the importance of savings and assets for families, the racial wealth gap, state and federal policies focused on asset building and the Foundation's recommended policy solutions for increasing the financial stability of low-income families. Read More
