Living Cities Sparks Innovative Community Investment A reflection on Casey's former president and CEO, Doug Nelson, and his commitment to community revitalization during his 20 years of leadership at the Foundation. Read More
Lending, Learning, Leading: How Community Lending Institutions Are Focusing on Results Casey's signature strategy, results-based leadership, is promoting the development of community development financial institutions and their networks to make a differece in poor neighborhoods struggling with financial services. Read More
Webinar Recording: How Nonprofits Can Assess and Improve Their Parent Engagement Efforts Watch the Foundation’s webinar on a new tool that helps nonprofits and schools better engage parents in their work and develop parent leaders. Read More
Janelle Williams to Manage Evaluation, Research and Operations Read about Janelle Williams, a former congressional fellow set to manage the evaluation, research and operations of Casey's Atlanta Civic Site. Read More
New Study Supports the Value of Evidence Reviews A new research article, published by Evaluation Review, focuses on the use of evidence reviews as a tool in helping planners and policymakers advance social science strategies and programs. Read More
United States Sees Small Gains With Low Birthweight Babies In 2015, 8.1% of American babies — 320,869 infants — were born at a low birthweight. This statistic puts the United Sates on par with nations like Kenya, Iran, Uruguay and the United Republic of Tanzania, which have all reported a low birthweight rate of 8%. Read More
Developing State Budgets in Tough Fiscal Times Principles from the Center for the Study of Social Policy, a Casey partner, offer suggestions for policymakers attempting to balance state budgets while protecting public well-being in tough times. Read More
David Steinhart Wins Gerbode award David Steinhart, the Juvenile Justice Program director for Bolinas, the California-based Commonweal research institute, received a 2011 Gerbode Professional Development Award. Read More
Celebrating Gains, Redoubling Efforts To Address Pregnancy and Parenting Among Youth in Foster Care During the past five years, more than 25 states have started working to stem the rate of teen pregnancies among young people in foster care. This month — which marks Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month and National Foster Care Month — provides an opportunity to recognize steady progress and redouble the effort to build on and sustain the movement. Read More
First Convening of Deep End Local Pilot Sites Held Reducing the number of youth in correctional institutions and out-of-home placements is key to reforming the juvenile justice system. The Foundation has selected six local sites – Bernalillo County, N.M.; Jefferson Parish, La.; Lucas County, Ohio; Marion County, Ind.; the city of St. Louis, Mo.; and Washoe County, N.V. – to pilot strategies to safely reduce commitments and other out-of-home placements following delinquency adjudication. Read More