Progress Check: Casey Grantees on Easing the Debt Burdens of Families in the South The Casey Foundation's Southern Partnership to Reduce Debt, a multiyear, multistate effort, aims to ease the debt burdens of families in the South. Read More
Sustainable Strategies for Gun Violence Reduction A free webinar offered strategies for reducing gun violence and recommended how community stakeholders can get involved. Watch the session. Read More
Just Over Half of Young Adults Voted in the 2020 Presidential Election. Will Gen Z Exceed That in 2024? This post reflects on the young adult voter turnout in 2020 and looks ahead to the 2024 presidential election. Read the data today. Read More
In Mississippi, Credible Messengers Promote Community Safety and Youth Success Strong Arms of JXN, a credible messenger program, is working with young people to reduce community violence in Jackson, Mississippi. Read More
Jim Casey Initiative Sites Pilot College Readiness Model Three Jim Casey Initiative sites are piloting Fostering Higher Education to help youth with foster care experience transition from high school to college. Read More
Rafael López Envisions a Better National Foster Care System Casey’s Lisa Hamilton talks with Rafael López about America’s child welfare system. Their conversation explores the system today, how it works and where it falls short. López also shares ideas aimed at transforming the system to better serve children and families in crisis. Read More
Pierce County Youth Probation: Few Youth Need Out-of-Home Placement Pierce County shows how youth justice systems thrive by building strong community partnerships and expanding opportunities for young people. Read More
LEAP Fellows Continue Focus on Youth Engagement and Leadership Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential initiative named its second cohort of fellows to build leadership through community service and peer engagement. Read More
Understanding and Serving the Needs of Young Fathers of Color Young fathers of color face challenges like housing, jobs and child support. Organizations can better support them through targeted efforts. Learn more. Read More
Juvenile Justice Video: Caring Adults Kept Aurelia on Track A new video follows a young woman in trouble for whom caring adults made a different decision, pursuing a conflict resolution approach instead of arrest. Read More
