Advancing Advocacy Through Youth-Adult Partnerships in Mississippi Debra Jenkins-Kearney and Claire Graves discuss the work of Mississippi Youth Voice and the impact of youth-adult partnerships in their work. Read More
Helping Kids of Equal Talent Grow Into Equally Successful Students and Adults Kids can succeed despite early struggles, but lack of support harms those in low-income areas, per a Casey Foundation report. Learn more. Read More
Our Children Are Watching: What Are We Teaching Them? What will it take to end hate in America? Patrick McCarthy shares ways to help youth build a more inclusive, equitable future. Learn more. Read More
Results Count Heads to Arizona to Help Kids Hit Grade-Level Reading Benchmarks Reading by third grade is key to long-term success. Read On Arizona partners with the Casey Foundation to help young readers reach this milestone. Read More
Report: Young People Benefit From Extended Foster Care Young people in foster care reap significant rewards if they remain in extended foster care into their early 20s, according to a new Child Trends report. Read More
Preventing School Pushout and Justice System Involvement A new resource discusses preventing school pushout, to keep young people in the classroom and their classmates and teachers safe. Check out the tools. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Scot Spencer Talks Community-Based Work and Baltimore’s Successes Scot Spencer advances equity for kids and families in low-income areas and leads efforts to boost Baltimore’s community and economic development. Read More
New LEAP Fellows Promote Leadership and Community Service The Casey Foundation selected its third cohort of young-adult Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential fellows. Read More
Increasing Employment Opportunities for NPU-V Residents Enrollment is open for Atlanta’s free, four-week Construction Ready program to help low-income residents gain skills for construction jobs. Read More
Lifting Millions out of Poverty: The Earned Income Tax Credit The Earned Income Tax Credit keeps millions of families out of poverty. Casey works to ensure that more qualified families take advantage of this benefit. Read More
