In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, young people are playing a key role in developing solutions to end youth homelessness. Read how A Place for Me is engaging young people in the development of a drop-in center for youth who are facing homelessness.
Fifteen young people who make up a new state youth advisory council for South Carolina’s Department of Social Services are collaborating with the agency to develop solutions that improve the lives of children, young people and their families.
A Youth Voice and Power Summit hosted Feb. 22 gave a virtual audience the chance to hear from mayors and young leaders on how foundations, nonprofits, government and business can work effectively with young people. Watch the event.
Three sites with the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative are participating in a college readiness pilot, called Fostering Higher Education, aimed at supporting the transition from high school to college among youth who have experienced foster care.
For the first time, the Annie E. Casey Foundation is making data from its Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative available to select researchers. Learn how to apply and what type of data is available on young people in foster care.
A tool known as factor analysis is sharpening the ability of Jim Casey Young Fellows to identify the factors that make the difference in how young people fare as they emerge from foster care. Read more.
A Jim Casey Young Fellow, Patricia Duh partners with the Casey Foundation to help advance child welfare policies and practices that effectively meet the needs of young people transitioning from foster care to adulthood. Read her responses to a series of questions.
As an advocate for foster youth, Kayla Powell has leveraged her own experience in the foster care system to help improve after-care services for those transitioning from care to adulthood.
The journal of the American Probation and Parole Association has dedicated an issue exclusively to the subject of juvenile probation. Read to learn about the five articles produced in collaboration with the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Fellow Felipe Franco works to support best practices for youth involved with the juvenile justice system. Read how his participation in the Casey Foundation's Children and Family Fellowship supports his work.
