The Foundation Taps Two for its JDAI Distinguished System Leadership Award The Foundation has named two winners for its annual JDAI Distinguished System Leadership Award, which recognizes innovative stakeholders who practice data-driven decision-making while engaging traditional and nontraditional partners in detention reforms. Read More
Casey Celebrates Arizona’s Richard Elías For Building a Fairer Youth Justice System The Casey Foundation named Richard Elías as the recipient of its 2015 Natalie S. Bimel Award for his efforts in building a fairer youth justice system in Arizona’s Pima County. Read More
Foundation Honors YAP for Outstanding Contributions to Detention Reform The Casey Foundation named Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. as the recipient of its 2015 Gloria J. Jenkins Award for outstanding contributions to detention reform. Read More
1 in 5 Kids in America Speaks A Second Language at Home In America, 12 million kids — 22% of the child population — speak a language other than English at home. And, that's not a bad thing. Read More
New Report: Young People in Foster Care on How States Can Remove Barriers to Normalcy In a Jim Casey Initiative report, young people from foster care provide recommendations for state child welfare agencies and policymakers that should help these youth achieve normalcy while in foster care. Read More
What Young People Need to Thrive Leveraging the Strengthening Families Act to Promote Normalcy This brief draws upon the voices of young people in transition from foster care to adulthood to explore the need and strategies for providing typical experiences — or normalcy — for kids in foster care. Read More
Event to Explore Promising Approaches, Practices Addressing Youth Unemployment The Foundation is cohosting a conference early next month with the Federal Reserve Banks of Cleveland and Philadelphia on emerging strategies to connect young people ages 16 to 24 with employment opportunities. Read More
Community Matters Highlights Baltimore Neighborhood's Innovative Approach to Development The latest webinar in our Community Matters series — Community Development From the Ground Up: An Innovative Approach in Baltimore’s Oliver Neighborhood — shares the story of a community-driven effort to reclaim and reinvest in an East Baltimore neighborhood. Read More
Building From the Ground Up An Innovative Approach to Community Development in Baltimore’s Oliver Neighborhood Introducing Oliver. It’s a Baltimore neighborhood that’s seen better days. It’s also the inspiring story of resident engagement, innovative fundraising and a community that’s transforming hundreds of homes in an effort to change its next chapter. Read More
Lending, Learning, Leading Developing Results-Based Leaders in Opportunity Finance This report tells the story of the CDFI Leadership Learning Network, a Casey Foundation initiative to equip leaders of community development finance institutions with the tools of results-based leadership (RBL). The Foundation shares lessons learned from the network, core RBL concepts and profiles of CDFI leaders as they apply RBL skills and tools to the work of their organizations. Read More
