Community Investment Fund Spotlight: Saving Animals, Cultivating Future Leaders Grace Hamlin, founder of W-Underdogs, used a grant to rescue animals and build leadership and advocacy skills in local youth. Learn more. Read More
Expanding the Bench Makes a Move The Casey Foundation has tapped Change Matrix to take the helm of two Expanding the Bench efforts aimed at increasing diversity in research and evaluation. Read More
Updated Adoption Stats for Kids in Foster Care The number of kids in foster care and awaiting adoption rose to nearly 118,000 children in 2016. Learn more about these kids. Read More
Video Submissions Spotlight Achievement Gaps for Latino Students Casey Foundation and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists challenged student videographers to tell the story of how Latino children are faring. Read More
New Resources Help Organizations Advance Race Equity at Every Step The Casey Foundation created a race equity guide and new resources to help social-sector groups navigate a seven-step equity journey. Learn more. Read More
The Typical Maltreatment Victim Is Young. Very Young. In 2016, nearly 668,000 kids were victims of maltreatment. Two in every five of these kids were 4 years old or younger. Get the data details. Read More
Most Kids Exiting Foster Care Reunited With Family in 2016 Among the kids exiting foster care in 2016, 66% were reunited with a family member and about 25% were adopted. Explore more exit data. Read More
What Happens When Workforce Development Boards Consider Child Care Needs? Lack of quality child care keeps many low-income parents from jobs and education. Workforce boards could be a game-changer. Learn why. Read More
LEAP Partners Help Youth Build Financial Skills on Path to Success Many youth in care miss chances to earn, save and learn about finances. Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential aims to close this information gap. Read More
Pima County Reforming Juvenile Justice With Casey-Sponsored Training Pima County juvenile justice leaders completed Re-Imagining Juvenile Justice training and are re-thinking how they approach their work. Read More
