Podcast Archive

Promoting Development of Resilience Among Young People in Foster Care

This issue brief outlines clear strategies and critical elements that child welfare service systems should adopt to promote the development of resilience among young adults in foster care. It is a product of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative.

Building From Strength: Creating Opportunity in Greater Baltimore’s Next Economy

This report discusses the impact current economic development has had on the type and quality of job growth in the greater Baltimore region and how raising the bar with a new approach that includes all workers impacts that assessment and future regional economic planning.

Why We’re Expanding JDAI’s Focus

Bart Lubow explains why the Annie E. Casey Foundation is working to reduce the nation's overreliance on juvenile confinement.

Reducing Congregate Care: Worth the Fight

The Casey Foundation supports reducing congregate care in foster placements from 16% to 5-10% in five years, prioritizing lifelong family connections.

Self-Inflicted Wounds

Protecting Families and Our Economy from Bad Budget Choices

This report compares several 2010 budget cutting proposals and how each will affect the United States population.

Housing as a Platform for Formerly Incarcerated Persons

Stable housing may be a short- and long-term solution for helping released prisoners successfully re-enter society, but more research is needed.

Older Youth and Permanence: A Conversation with Gina Miranda Samuels

Gina Miranda Samuels, researcher and associate professor at the University of Chicago discusses ways to achieve permanence for older youth in foster care.