Human Services Workforce Initiative This initiative was the first national effort to address the urgent need to recruit, train and retain human services workers qualified to make decisions that affect disadvantaged kids and families. In 2005, the Cornerstone Consulting Group assumed leadership of the initiative, developing Cornerstones for Kids. Read More
Policy Report Explores Youth and Work A 2012 KIDS COUNT report found 6.5 million U.S. youth were not in school or work, facing underemployment and lacking needed 21st century job skills. Read More
What Makes Casebook Unique? Casebook shifts child welfare from compliance to results-focused practices for families. Learn how it works. Read More
What We Learned From Making Connections Casey's ambitious long-term initiative, Making Connections, yielded important lessons about achieving lasting results for vulnerable kids and families. Read More
Lifting Millions out of Poverty: The Earned Income Tax Credit The Earned Income Tax Credit keeps millions of families out of poverty. Casey works to ensure that more qualified families take advantage of this benefit. Read More
A Two-Generation Strategy A major underpinning of Casey's work is the core belief that creating a brighter future for kids depends on ensuring their parents’ success today. Read More
Casey Connects: Winter 2013 Places to Thrive This issue of Casey Connects highlights how the Foundation is advancing two-generation strategies to achieve positive community change. It looks at large-scale, long-term efforts to break the cycle of poverty in Baltimore and Atlanta. It also tells how schools, families and communities across the country are working together to help third graders hit key reading milestones. Read More
Examining Children’s Behavioral Health Service Utilization and Expenditures Faces of Medicaid This report from the Center for Health Care Strategies presents findings from a national data analysis of behavioral health care use and expense for children in Medicaid, which includes examination of specific topics/populations to help states uncover opportunities to improve care for these children. Read More
Identifying Opportunities to Improve Children’s Behavioral Health Care An Analysis of Medicaid Utilization and Expenditures This brief highlights key findings from a national analysis of children’s behavioral health care in Medicaid, and suggests opportunities for quality improvement in the organization, delivery and financing of care for these children. Read More
