Review Highlights Research, Policy and Practices to Best Serve LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care The Casey Foundation has captured and synthesized an array of research and materials on how child welfare agencies can best serve LGBTQ youth in a new literature review. Read More
LGBTQ in Child Welfare A Systematic Review of the Literature This comprehensive review identifies and synthesizes literature on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in America’s child welfare system. It shares individual publication summaries as well as common themes and best practices for child welfare professionals and policymakers dedicated to building brighter futures for LGBTQ youth. Read More
Five Questions With Casey: Satonya Fair on Grants Management’s Mission-Critical Work As Casey’s director of grants management, Satonya Fair oversees the administration of more than $100 million in grants and contracts annually. In this Five Questions edition, Fair talks about the role of grant professionals and how her work helps advance the Foundation’s mission of securing better, brighter futures for America’s kids and families. Read More
Watch it: Patrick McCarthy on Casey’s Juvenile Justice Work At the 2016 National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit, Annie E. Casey Foundation President and CEO Patrick McCarthy sat down for a short, videotaped interview to share his thoughts on the Foundation’s juvenile justice work. Read More
Webinar: Young People Share Insights on Getting and Keeping Youth Involved in Programs A Foundation webinar offers young people’s perspectives on youth engagement and retention strategies — what it took to get them involved in programs and what kept them away. Read More
Child Poverty Declines After Peaking in 2011 After the Great Recession, the nation's child poverty rate increased steadily, peaking at 23% in 2011. Since then, the rate has been on a slow decline and, in 2015, reached its lowest level in five years, at which point one out of every five children lived in poverty. Read More
Webinar: Learn About Strategic Financing for Tested, Effective Programs Join the Foundation at 2 p.m. ET, Thursday, Oct. 13, for the latest webinar in the Using What Works webinar series. Strategic Financing for Tested, Effective Programs will highlight financing tools and strategies from Casey’s Evidence2Success framework. Read More
