The Center for Working Families Inc. Helps Return $1.5 Million to the Community The Center for Working Families in Atlanta prepared more than 1,000 tax returns this spring, resulting in more than $1.5 million in refunds for low-income families and communities. Read More
The Jim Casey Initiative Advances Results Count To accelerate measurable, equitable improvements for youth in foster care as they become adults, the Foundation’s Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative is working to expand the use of the philanthropy’s Results Count leadership methodology. Read More
KIDS COUNT Checkup: A Look at Low-Birthweight Babies Today in America, about 1 in 13 newborns — 319,000 babies total — is born at a low birthweight. This statistic has fallen by more than 28,000 newborns in the last seven years, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Book. Read More
Nebraska Receives $1 Million Grant to End Multigeneration Involvement in Foster Care Crossing paths with a public system sets off a discouraging domino effect for families — one that can persist for generations. Consider Nebraska, where 48% of young kids with foster care experience have at least one parent who also navigated a public system in their youth. The good news? Help is coming. Read More
Federal Guidance Aims To Improve the Quality of Education in Juvenile Justice Facilities A joint policy guidance package announced by Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan aims to substantially improve the quality of education provided in juvenile justice facilities. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Bart Lubow and Reducing Reliance on Youth Detention Bart Lubow, director of Casey’s Juvenile Justice Strategy Group, talks about reducing the reliance on secure detention for youth. Read More
Douglas Nelson Talks Early Education with Baltimore Leaders Former Casey President and CEO Douglas W. Nelson addressed the Baltimore Leadership in Action Program gathering where they launched their Five-Year Plan for Achieving School Readiness. Read More
New Casey Twitter Chat Series: Transforming Foster Parenting The Casey Foundation is launching a monthly Twitter chat series to explore foster parenting and how to ensure all children and youth receive the developmentally appropriate care they need. Kim Stevens with the North American Council on Adoptable Children will kick off the series on February 14, 2016. Read More
One in Five U.S. Kids Lives in a Food Insecure Home Nearly 15 million children — or 20% of all U.S. kids — lived in households that, at some point during 2014, did not have enough food for everyone in their home. Read More
JDAIconnect Adds 2,200 Users in First Year Since the Casey Foundation launched JDAIconnect a year ago, more than 2,200 juvenile justice reformers have joined the online community to exchange ideas, find resources and learn. Read More