Sarah Hemminger on How to Create a Stronger Community for Young People In this CaseyCast: Lisa Hamilton chats with Sarah Hemminger, CEO of Thread, a Baltimore nonprofit that builds support networks for youth facing challenges. Read More
How Youth Apprenticeships Are Bringing Students to Work The Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship expands quality youth apprenticeship programs to boost equity and outcomes for low-income youth. Read More
Implementing Positive Youth Development Programs Learn how organizations can implement positive youth development programs to position young people to succeed in the job market. Read More
May Is National Foster Care Month May is National Foster Care Month, a chance to honor kids and families in foster care and the many supporters who help them succeed. Learn more. Read More
HRC's Ellen Kahn Talks Better Services for LGBTQ Youth in Care Ellen Kahn, of the Human Rights Coalition, discusses the challenges LGBTQ youth face in foster care and how agencies can better support them. Read More
A Two-Generation Strategy A major underpinning of Casey's work is the core belief that creating a brighter future for kids depends on ensuring their parents’ success today. Read More
Kansas Enacts New Permanency Option for Older Youth in Foster Care Kansas is the first in the nation to allow a SOUL Family legal permanency option to help older youth in foster care to form legal families. Read more. Read More
Infants and Teens More Likely to Experience Foster Care Reentry A study finds children exiting foster care are more likely to return if they were infants, early teens or in group care before reuniting with family. Read More
Five Ways Child Welfare Agencies Can Empower Young People The Casey Foundation and young people with foster care experience identify five ways that child welfare leaders can empower the youth they serve. Read More
Podcast Explores Proposed SOUL Family Permanency Option Learn how former foster youth and their yearning for legal, loving and lifelong relationships led to a new permanency option called SOUL Family. Read More
