Podcast Archive

Casey Celebrates Arizona’s Richard Elías For Building a Fairer Youth Justice System

The Casey Foundation honored Richard Elías with its 2015 Natalie S. Bimel Award for his work to build a fairer youth justice system in Arizona. Learn 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.

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.

New Report: Young People in Foster Care on How States Can Remove Barriers to Normalcy

In a Jim Casey Initiative report, foster care youth provide recommendations for agencies and policymakers to help kids achieve normalcy in foster care.

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.

Event to Explore Promising Approaches, Practices Addressing Youth Unemployment

The Casey Foundation is cohosting a conference with Federal Reserve banks to explore ways to connect youth ages 16–24 to jobs. Learn more.

Community Matters Highlights Baltimore Neighborhood's Innovative Approach to Development

A recent Community Matters webinar spotlights how East Baltimore’s Oliver community is reclaiming and reinvesting in its neighborhood from the ground up.

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.

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.