The Washington, D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services runs the Credible Messenger Initiative, a program that pairs every youth under its supervision with specially trained adult mentors from the community. These paid mentors — called credible messengers — have lived through similar experiences and understand the support and services that youth in justice systems need.
The Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools teamed up with local agencies to help realize an 85% drop in referrals to the juvenile court system after just five years.
Researchers at the University of Texas San Antonio are using their work with the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Expanding the Bench in Performance Management Initiative to apply results-based methods to evaluating a variety of efforts in San Antonio.
Three new case studies funded by the Annie E. Casey and William T. Grant foundations show how evidence can be used to improve program delivery ― and why it should be used to develop good policy.
In this episode of CaseyCast, Lisa Hamilton interviews David Nichols, who is a pediatrician and president and CEO of the American Board of Pediatrics. Their conversation covers a wide range of topics, including the rise in mental health issues among kids, the importance of the 2020 census and the pivotal role that parents play in child well-being.
Seven communities participating in the U.S. Department of Education’s Promise Neighborhoods initiative are focused on a single, shared result: reducing chronic absenteeism among kids transitioning from middle school to high school.
Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services has been working to paint a clearer picture of how child welfare cases are moving through its system. Its metaphorical paintbrush for this work? Continuous Quality Improvement reviews.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, together with Community Wealth Partners, has launched a new leadership program that helps young people in Baltimore gain the skills needed to create self-sufficient, sustainable nonprofits.
Over the past few years, the Casey Foundation has supported the work of national and state grantees to protect the children of immigrants and their families. Learn how the Foundation will continue to support these efforts and ensure every child and family in America are treated with the humanity and fairness.
The Annie E. Casey and William T. Grant foundations are hosting a webinar on July 25, 2019, to examine how child welfare leaders can leverage the Family First Prevention Services Act to expand the use of culturally relevant prevention programs with Native American children.
