Resources for Investing in a Strong Start for Children Without strong early support, millions of kids fall behind, but donors can help all kids get a fair start, says the Center for High Impact Philanthropy. Read More
Arianne Weldon to Manage the Georgia Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Learn about Arianne Weldon, the newly appointed project director for the Georgia Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. Read More
Annual JDAI Conference Celebrates Success The 19th JDAI Interstate Conference in 2012 included more than 40 workshops and celebrated the initiative's past two decades of success. Read more. Read More
Webinar on Essential Ingredients for Lasting Community Change A Dec. 10 webinar focuses on the core capacities needed to make lasting community change, drawing on lessons from Casey's Making Connections initiative. Read More
KIDS COUNT Data Check: Teen Birth Rate Hits Historic Low Teen birth rates in the U.S. have hit historic lows, a positive shift given the potential life challenges teen childbearing poses for moms and babies. Read More
Six Big City Mayors Lead Juvenile Justice Reform Efforts A new Casey-funded report chronicles the positive influence of mayoral leadership on juvenile justice reform in six U.S. cities. Learn more. Read More
ESPN Film Chronicles Work of Santa Cruz Probation Officer Probation officer Gina Castaneda united rival gangs through soccer in South Santa Cruz — now featured in a short ESPN documentary. Learn more. Read More
New Report: Young People in Foster Care on How States Can Remove Barriers to Normalcy In a Jim Casey Initiative report, foster care youth provide recommendations for agencies and policymakers to help kids achieve normalcy in foster care. Read More
Video Captures Promise of Southwest Atlanta's Pittsburgh Neighborhood video-captures-promise-of-southwest-atlantas-pittsburgh-neighborhood Read More
More Children With Parents Who Lack Secure Employment Compared to 2008, 3 million more kids in 2013 lived with parents who were unemployed. Nonetheless, there's been a steady decline from 2010 to 2013. Read More
