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Achieving Authentic Youth Engagement: Core Values & Guiding Principles

National Summit on Authentic Youth Engagement

This two-page fact sheet presents the three core values and related guiding principles that the Jim Casey Youth Opportunity Initiative believes young people in foster care need to truly have a say in planning their own future. The key to making it work? Authentic partnerships with adults.

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Casey Tech Project Highlighted in Boston Globe Op-Ed

In the Boston Globe, Stephen Goldsmith writes about the need for better information technology to help saves kids' lives.

Quality Case Planning with Young Adults in Extended Foster Care

This issue brief identifies key elements to quality child welfare case planning for young adults in extended care. It makes a clear case for rethinking traditional approaches, starting early and empowering youth to take the planning lead.

Teen Birth Rate at Historic Low

Teen births hit a record low in 2012: 305,000 teens gave birth, down from 60 to 29 per 1,000 between 1990 and 2012. Learn more.

U.S. Child Population Increasingly More Diverse

In 2013, 74 million U.S. children made up 23% of the population — a more diverse group than in 1990, when the child count was 64 million. Learn more.

Young Kids are a Large Portion of Maltreated Children in United States

In 2012, approximately 604,000 children experienced confirmed maltreatment (nine per 1,000 kids). Of these, 40% were younger than age 5.

Community Matters Highlights Finance Strategies for Community Change

A Casey webinar explores creative ways to fund economic growth in low-income areas, spotlighting public, private and philanthropic investments. Watch now.

Innovative Philanthropic Financing for Community Change

This report provides a concise summary of the East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative, with a focus on how the Annie E. Casey Foundation used innovative financing techniques to support the project.

Local Voices

On-the-Ground Perspectives on Driving Community Change in the Making Connections Sites

This report describes, from the perspective of local stakeholders, the experience of several sites involved in Making Connections in developing and enhancing their capacities to pursue community change.