Podcast Archive

Apply for Atlanta-based Leadership Program to Improve Third-Grade Reading

The Casey Foundation seeks candidates in child- and family-serving fields in Atlanta for an intensive leadership program to boost third-grade reading.

New Approach to Child Protection Investigations Yields Encouraging Results

Cuyahoga County uses Continuous Quality Improvement to better understand how child welfare cases move through its system. Learn more.

Baltimore Youth Gain Summer Work Experience That Lasts a Lifetime

In the summer of 2017, over 8,000 Baltimore youth gained job experience and a paycheck through a Casey Foundation-supported program. Learn more.

Series Explores the Power and Future of Social Investing

Stanford Social Innovation Review’s 11-part series dives into social investing, a growing way philanthropies go beyond grants to advance their mission.

Nearly 5 Million Young Americans Are Not Working or in School

In 2015, the last full year that data is available, 12% of all youth between the ages of 16 and 24 weren’t in school or working.

Sharp Declines in Youth Placements Continue in Ohio’s Lucas County

Lucas County, OH, is helping expand JDAI efforts to reduce youth confinement, steering kids away from correctional placements and into better alternatives.

Casey Foundation Names Lisa Hamilton Executive VP and Chief Program Officer, John Kim Chief Administrative Officer

Casey names Lisa Hamilton as executive vice president, John Kim as chief administrative officer and Leslie Boissiere as VP of external affairs. Read more.

Progress Check: Youth Confinement in America Today

Youth prisons are dangerous and often ineffective. Luckily, the U.S. youth confinement rate fell across all racial and ethnic groups over the last decade.