Juvenile Justice System Focuses on Strengths of Youth and Families in Massachusetts A new training curriculum being piloted in Massachusetts focuses on creating strong connections between frontline staff and youth in the juvenile justice system. The objective is to transform the efforts of staff in the system, who make important decisions that directly affect youth and have an opportunity to build on young people’s strengths to improve outcomes. Read More
Evidence2Success in Providence: A Report on Implementation A new report, Evidence2Success in Providence: Using Programs That Work, provides an overview of the model’s implementation in the two pilot neighborhoods in Providence, Rhode Island — Casey’s first Evidence2Success community. Read More
Proportion of American Parents Without Health Insurance Hits Five-Year Low In 2015, 12% of all parents — 7 million Americans — lacked health insurance. This rate has steadily improved since 2010, when 18% of all parents lacked health insurance. The Affordable Care Act, signed in 2010, is attributed to the increased rates of parental insurance coverage. Read More
More Kids Living in Low-Income Families Today Than Before Recession When it comes to child well-being, the research is clear: Family finances matter. Poverty can impede a child’s ability to learn and contribute to social, emotional and behavioral problems. In total, 31 million kids— 43% of the nation’s children — now live in families that are low-income. Read More
52% of Young Americans Are Not College Students or Graduates Education will play an increasingly important role in the future economy. Ensuring youth have access to higher education and training is more critical than ever. In 2015 — the latest full year in which data is available — only about one in every two youth, ages 18 to 24, was attending college or had already completed college. Read More
One-Fourth of Kids in Immigrant Families Are Living in Poverty In 2015, one in four children lived in immigrant families in the United States. These children are more likely to live in poverty than their peers from U.S.-born families, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Evidence2Success in Providence Using Programs That Work In 2012, Providence, Rhode Island, became the first site to adopt the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Evidence2Success framework. This report circles back — and offers an early look — at how the framework has unfolded and what lessons local leaders have learned along the way. Read More
Five Questions With Casey: Samantha Mellerson Talks Capacity Building Samantha Mellerson is the Foundation’s senior associate for capacity building. She works to strengthen nonprofits so that they can help children and families — regardless of their race, class, ethnicity or hometown — reach their potential. Read More
Under Armour and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Join Funders to Support Summer Programs for Baltimore Youth Under Armour and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) are joining nine of Baltimore’s largest charitable and nonprofit organizations to support high-quality summer programs for the city’s children and youth in low-income families. The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. Friday, February 17, 2017. Read More
