Santa Cruz Probation Collaboration Reduces Group Home Placements for Latino Youth Santa Cruz County launched FUERTE to support Latino youth on probation and reduce disparities. It’s family-focused, culturally informed — and working. Read More
Experts Talk Developing a Model for Extended Foster Care and Re-Entry Policies The final webinar in a six-part series explores key components of a youth-engaging extended foster care system, includng model programs, policies in various states and reform plans. Read More
Virtual Events to Highlight Strategies that Promote Financial Stability, Wealth Upcoming events will highlight strategies for reducing debt and increasing financial stability for families and young people. Learn more and register. Read More
Spotlighting Youth Engagement and Preventing Teen Placements A Child Welfare issue features Casey Foundation articles on youth engagement and keeping young people in families while in foster care. Read More
Helping Public Agencies and Nonprofits Communicate for Evidence-Driven Action A new brief highlights challenges and opportunities for organizations that want to ensure the evidence they share is timely, readily available and clear. Read More
Young Kids are a Large Portion of Maltreated Children in United States In 2012, approximately 604,000 children experienced confirmed maltreatment (nine per 1,000 kids). Of these, 40% were younger than age 5. Read More
Caldwell: Working on Behalf of Baltimore at Home and in the Office Jacqueline Caldwell, an administrative assistant for Casey’s Baltimore Civic Site, shares her work to disburse grants that strengthen and support organizations central to the Foundation’s mission, as well as her efforts as a community leader. Read More
Immigrant Families with Kids Are at Greater Risk of Financial Instability A family’s financial well-being can make a difference in a child's upbringing. But, for many immigrant families, financial stability isn’t a given — even when parents have stable employment, according to KIDS COUNT Data Center statistics. Read More
Report Spotlights Strategies for Helping Low-Income Workers Succeed A new report outlines innovative strategies to help workers navigate today's changing economy — and explores how philanthropy can learn from them. Read More
Study: Foster Youth Fare Better When They Receive Care Until 21 Youth who remained in foster care until age 19 were more likely to have a place to live, were enrolled in school and had health insurance when compared to their peers who were no longer in state custody, according to recently released findings from researchers at Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago. Read More
