New Funds Limit Use of Detention Facilities for Massachusetts Youth and Expand JDAI A new grant will help JDAI expand across Massachusetts, reducing detention time for low-risk youth and addressing racial and ethnic disparities. Read more. Read More
New Resources: Developing an Infrastructure for Two-Generation Work A Casey webinar discussed a new brief that examines how seven sites across the country are evolving to address parent and child needs at the same time. Read More
MOMS Partnership Unveils Community Hub for Mothers in New Haven Grocery Store New Haven's MOMS Partnership opens a location in a local grocery store to bring support services to low-income mothers. 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
Lending, Learning, Leading: How Community Lending Institutions Are Focusing on Results The Casey Foundation’s results-based leadership strategy supports financial institutions working to improve services in underserved neighborhoods. Read More
Nearly 700,000 More Kids Living in Low-Income Working Families Low-income working families with kids now make up 23% of the American public. This statistic has risen 3% — and 674,000 kids — since 2008. Read More
Decline in Foreign-Born Children In 2013, 3% of children in the United States were foreign born. Read More
Community Investment Fund Spotlight: Introducing Kids to Urban Gardening A $5,000 grant is helping kids in Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit V learn about gardening, healthy living and more. Learn more. Read More
Building the Evidence Base to Support Promising Programs Casey invests in expanding the use of evidence-based programs within the child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, health and education systems. Read More
Casi la mitad de las familias estadounidenses con niños pequeños les cuesta llegar a fin de mes Casi la mitad de las familias con niños pequeños carecen de recursos básicos. Un nuevo informe propone un esfuerzo global contra la pobreza infantil. Read More
