Community Change: Lessons from Making Connections This report summarizes six key lessons that emerged from the Foundation’s Making Connections initiative and their implications for Casey’s future community change work. Read More
Reviewing State Housing Policy with a Child-Centered Lens Opportunities for Engagement and Intervention This report uses Casey’s Poverty, Permanence and Place framework to analyze state housing policy and its ability to help impoverished families. Read More
Latest Results Report Show Significant Site Progress JDAI sites report progress yearly, showing reduced detention use, improved public safety and fewer youth sent to state facilities. Learn more. Read More
More Children in Foster Care Raised by Relatives in 2011 Data in recent years show that the percentage of children not living with their parents continues to rise. Read More
Practice Pathways Tool Helping Young People Transitioning from Foster Care to Adulthood This report introduces the Practice Pathways Tool to help states partnering with the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative identify effective practice components, evaluate existing practices and boost collaboration to advance comprehensive practice reform. The driving force behind the tool is simple: support smarter, sharper decision-making that improves the lives of youth exiting foster care. Read More
Aging Out of Foster Care in America This two-page infographic highlights the steep consequences of stopping foster care at 18 and offers a promising solution: extend high-quality, developmentally-appropriate services to age 21. It is a product of Success Beyond 18, a national campaign by the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative aimed at forging a better path for youth who are exiting foster care and entering adulthood. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Gail Hayes on Early Childhood Education Gail Hayes, former director of Casey's Atlanta Civic Site, discusses efforts to deliver quality early childhood education at the state and national level. Read More
Impact Investing and the Casey Foundation Learn about the Casey Foundation's approach to impact investing and who benefits from these investments. Read More
Pierce County Illustrates Rewards of Digging Deeper Into Data to Reduce Bias Pierce County JDAI presented to the WA Supreme Court on addressing bias in juvenile justice; leaders and judges joined the statewide meeting. Learn more. Read More
New Jersey Racks Up Impressive Changes in Safely Reducing Juvenile Detention New Jersey is gaining recognition for its efforts to lower the unnecessary use of detention for the states' youth. Read More
