Immigrants in Rural Areas — a Growing Group — Face Unique Challenges A new paper by the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy finds that immigrants living in rural communtieis are unlike their rural native-born and urban immigrant counterparts in a host of ways. Read More
Youth Incarcerated in Virginia’s Juvenile Correctional Centers Present Ideas to Governor The Casey Foundation has provided support for Virginia’s work to move the state's juvenile justice reform in a rehabilitative direction. Youth and staff from correctional centers recently met with Gov. Terry McAuliffe at the statehouse to present their ideas. Read More
Strategic Financing Toolkit for Tested, Effective Programs Evidence2Success This toolkit outlines a five-step strategic finance planning process geared toward supporting programs that serve children and families. It aims to help public and community leaders work together to examine what they want to finance, how their current investments align with their financing goals, and which strategies can help them achieve these goals. This process and toolkit were developed to support Evidence2Success, an Annie E. Casey Foundation initiative meant to help leaders identify the resources that they need to start up, scale and sustain evidence-based programs that produce positive results for children and families. Read More
Five States Selected for New Initiative to Help Parents and Kids Succeed Together Learn about a new effort to promote two-generation policies and programs in states — and connect low-income families with early childhood education, job training and other tools to achieve financial stability and break the cycle of poverty. Read More
Jim Casey Initiative Names Young Fellows From 12 States The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently named 12 new Jim Casey Young Fellows, who will be trained in leadership and advocacy skills to help inform the philanthropy's efforts to improve outcomes for youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood. Read More
What is Economic Inclusion and Why Does it Matter in Atlanta? In its new publication, Growing the Future: The Case for Economic Inclusion in Metro Atlanta, the Partnership for Southern Equity calls for a shift in how we assess economic growth in communities. Read More
Video: Practice 10 Conversations That Will Move You Toward Results Having the right conversations is key for leaders to achieve results, and to the Casey Foundation’s leadership development approach. A new video describes ten conversations that results-based leaders can use to get or stay on track. Read More
Becoming #TheNewUS: Discussion on Changing Face of Rural America The Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group will host a panel discussion Thursday, Oct. 6, about the changing face of rural America and what it means for organizations working to improve the lives of low-income families in these communities. Read More
"Data Walk" Is a Key Tool in Results-Based Leadership A new Casey Foundation video highlights the use of data walks as a results-based leadership tool that can build stakeholder relationships and assess data while accelerating the process to improve outcomes for families and children. Read More
Federal Grant to Build on Evidence2Success in Providence A five-year, $1.8 million grant was recently awarded to the Providence Children & Youth Cabinet for the Building Trauma Sensitive Schools initiative, which will seek to decrease post-traumatic stress disorder among middle-school students in neighborhoods with elevated levels of trauma. By the end of the grant period, the initiative will have served more than 3,000 adolescents. Read More
