Foundation Announces New Human Services Frontline Practice Strategy In order to shift to a grantmaking strategy that will help hundreds of foster care and other nonprofit human services agencies adopt innovative, proven approaches to improve child welfare practices, the Annie E. Casey Foundation will discontinue providing direct services through Casey Family Services. Read More
Baltimore Nonprofits Awarded Grants to Support Summer Programs for Local Kids Learn about the 21 local nonprofits that were awarded grants through Casey's 2012 Baltimore Direct Service Grant (BDSG) program, supporting summer activities for disadvantaged Baltimore City youths. Read More
More Children Raised by Relatives and Family Friends, Report Finds More than 2.7 million children in America are raised by grandparents or other relatives at some time in their lives. Read More
More Children on Path to Success at Dunbar Learning Complex Children at the Dunbar Learning Complex have shown significant gains in reading proficiency and early childhood development, and more are starting school prepared to learn, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read More
Brain Research Points to Better Results for Foster Care Youth The Adolescent Brain: New Research and Its Implications for Young People Transitioning from Foster Care, a report released by the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, synthesizes neuroscience research confirming that in the teenage years the brain undergoes a period of development – and a window of learning opportunity – similar to the early years of childhood. Read More
Becoming a Foster or Adoptive Parent Learn about how to become a foster or adoptive parent in your state. Read More
Why We’re Expanding JDAI’s Focus Bart Lubow explains why the Annie E. Casey Foundation is working to reduce the nation's overreliance on juvenile confinement. Read More
Reducing Congregate Care: Worth the Fight Read about how the Annie E. Casey Foundation is working to support interventions that reduce congregate care from its current level of 16% of all foster care placements nationally to about 5 to 10% in the next five years and to move those children as quickly as possible toward lifelong family connections and permanent homes. Read More
Resources for Holding Icebreaker Meetings Between Birth and Foster Parents Building relationships between birth parents, foster parents and caseworkers can be extremely important for foster kids, and using Icebreaker meetings can be an effective mechanism for doing that. Read More
Older Youth and Permanence: A Conversation with Gina Miranda Samuels An interview with Gina Miranda Samuels, researcher and associate professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago on sabbatical leave to assist in Casey's older youth and permanence efforts. Read More
