Podcast Archive

Grade-Level Reading Communities Tell Their Stories

Madison County, New York participated in the Tell Our Story project, describing their challenges, accomplishments and plans as a rural community.

Launched in 1988, New Futures tested strategies to reduce teen pregnancy and dropout rates — shaping nearly every Casey initiative that followed.

New Proposal Calls for Return on Investment in Federal Child Welfare Financing

The Casey Foundation and the Jim Casey Initiative proposed federal funding reforms to improve child welfare practices at a Capitol Hill briefing.

When Child Welfare Works: A Working Paper

A Proposal to Finance Best Practices

This report discusses the federal financing policy changes needed to make permanence an affordable priority for state child welfare agencies.

Summary of Recommendations for Federal Child Welfare Financing

This handout summarizes policy recommendations for realigning federal child welfare financing to support best practices in four key areas.

How to Fund Best Practices in Child Welfare

Tracey Field and Patrick McCarthy discussed policy recommendations to support best practices in child welfare at a 2013 briefing on Capitol Hill.

Educational Attainment Data Encouraging

More Americans are earning degrees, aided by federal funds. In 2012, 33% of young adults had a bachelor’s or higher, up 2.5 million since 2000. Read more.

Measuring Developmental Outcomes in Evidence-Based Programs

The Casey Foundation tracks whether youth in evidence-based programs meet key milestones in behavior, health, education and emotional well-being.

Bringing Leah Back Home: Reunification and the Lifelong Families Model

This video tells the story of Leah and how she reunified with her birth mom through services provided by the Foundation's former direct service agency.