Blog Archive

48 Million Americans Are (Still) Living in Poverty

The poverty rate in America has remained stagnant with 48 million people in 2014 still struggling to meet the needs of their households.

Sue Burrell Receives ABA award

Sue Burrell of the Youth Law Center won the ABA’s 2011 Livingston Hall Award for advocating youth rights in California and nationwide.

Tarsha Jackson Receives Bimel Award for her Contributions to Detention Reform

Tarsha Jackson won the Casey Foundation’s Natalie S. Bimel Award for involving families in youth detention reform at the 2012 JDAI Conference. Read more.

Apply for the 2017 Atlanta Community Investment Fund

Casey is accepting grant applications for projects in southwest Atlanta. Awards range from $500–$5,000. Deadline is 5 p.m. on Monday, March 20.

Five Questions with Casey: Tracey Feild on the Need to Reform Child Welfare Funding

Tracey Feild, director and manager of the Child Welfare Strategy Group, discusses child welfare funding reform.

The Center for Working Families Inc. Helps Return $1.5 Million to the Community

The Center for Working Families in Atlanta prepared over 1,000 tax returns this spring, resulting in more than $1.5M in refunds for low-income families.

What Are Unregulated Debt Products?

Learn about unregulated debt products, their promise of quick cash and delayed payments and the serious financial risks they pose to young consumers.

McCarthy Promotes Public System Reforms in Stanford Social Innovation Review

President and CEO Patrick McCarthy writes about the importance of working with public systems in a supplement of the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Juvenile Detention Reformers Gather in Atlanta, GA

More than 800 juvenile justice professionals from Casey's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative attended a special two-day conference. Learn more.