Rethinking Assessment Tools to Better Support Teens in Foster Care Jim Casey Young Fellow Kai Cotton advocates for updating assessment tools to better support older youth in foster care. Read More
Grads2Careers Places Baltimore’s Young People on New Career Paths Grad2Careers — supported by in part by the Casey Foundation — aims to connect young Baltimoreans to free job training, credentials and a career path. Read More
Updated Data Tool for Child Welfare Changemakers A revamped digital tool is making state-level child welfare data easier to sort and study. Learn more and use the tool. Read More
Casey Joins Effort to Help Millions of Americans Achieve Housing Stability The Annie E. Casey Foundation has joined Funders for Housing and Opportunity — a collaborative of nine private foundations that is working to improve lives by ensuring that families can afford safe, stable rentals in healthy communities. Read More
Violence Prevention Index Provides Scorecard for Cities A new report assesses 100 municipalities with the highest rates of gun violence. Read more about the report and its recommendations. Read More
Reducing Youth Arrests Promotes Community Well-Being Pre-arrest diversion programs are often better for young people and promote community well-being. Learn more. Read More
Results Count: A Leadership Development Approach for Large-Scale Social Change Casey’s unique leadership development approach for realizing large-scale social change has a new name: Results Count™. Read More
Building a Framework to Help Young People Stay on Track for Career Success The Casey Foundation, along with Johns Hopkins University and community partners, are partnering to improve education and employment outcomes for youth. Read More
Young Leaders Tackle Root Causes With Results Count Tools A tool known as factor analysis is helping Jim Casey Young Fellows identify factors that determine how young people fare as they emerge from foster care. Read More
As Pandemic Eases, Youth Detention Population Creeps Up A monthly Casey survey of youth justice agencies finds that the use of juvenile detention is down for white youth, but up for their Black and Latino peers. Read More
