First-of-its-Kind Partnership Aims to Redesign Child Welfare Into Child and Family Well-Being Systems A new effort, Thriving Families, Safer Children, aims to move from traditional, reactive child protection systems to those designed to support child and family well-being and prevent child maltreatment and unnecessary family separations. Read the news release. Read More
Atlanta Beltline Partnership And Casey To Host Pittsburgh Rise Festival Festival on May 21st is free of admission and open to the public. The event includes food, hoops, chess, balloon rides, gospel and home tours in southwest Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood. Read More
New Casey Report Recommends Policies to Help Millions of Children With Incarcerated Parents More than 5.1 million U.S. kids have a parent who has served time. In a new report, A Shared Sentence: The Devastating Toll of Parental Incarceration on Kids, Families and Communities, the Annie E. Casey Foundation recommended policy reforms that would help millions of children who struggle with emotional and financial instability as a result of having an incarcerated parent. Read More
The Foundation Awards Over $850,000 in Grants to Summer Programs for Baltimore Kids and Youth The Casey Foundation has awarded grants to 43 local nonprofits through its Baltimore Direct Services Grants (BDSG) program, amounting to a combined $860,000 that will support summer activities and programs for hundreds of Baltimore City’s young people in 2016. Read More
New $5 Million Grant Program Will Connect Youth Facing Obstacles to Higher Education and Employment In partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service’s Social Innovation Fund, the Annie E. Casey Foundation announced today that it plans to award $5.4 million in grants over the next three years to help more teens and young adults complete high school and postsecondary education and build paths to careers. Read More
Expanded Partnership Seeks Proposals for Summer Programs Serving Baltimore Youth Baltimore’s largest charitable funders are teaming up, for the second year, to create new summer learning opportunities for city youth. Read More
New Federal Policies Could Reduce Racial Wealth Gap While Helping Families Build Savings The Annie E. Casey Foundation recommends federal policy changes to narrow the wide gap in savings between white families and families of color. Read More
New Casey Foundation Initiative Aims to Improve Job Prospects for Young Adults The Annie E. Casey Foundation announced today that it plans to award $6 million in grants over the next four years to increase job opportunities for America’s young adults in five cities, enabling them to begin building careers and develop the skills employers need. Read More
1.7 Million More Children Live in Low-Income Working Families Today Than in Midst of Great Recession Rising tide of economic recovery did not lift all boats; it left millions shipwrecked, according to the 2015 KIDS COUNT Data Book. State and federal policies that focus simultaneously on children and their parents can help more families enjoy the nation’s growing prosperity. Read More
Poverty and Barriers to Opportunity in Atlanta This report on poverty in Atlanta explains how opportunities for children and families in Atlanta vary widely depending on race, ethnicity and where they live. Read More
