Learning to drive is an exciting and nearly essential milestone for young people today. Yet, for youth exiting foster care, this rite of passage is often littered with obstacles — from DMV fees to costly automobile insurance rates. A new report identifies common challenges that young people in foster care face and recommends policy moves that states can make to help these youth get behind the wheel.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Lisa Hamilton interviews two leaders whose organizations are leveraging technology in the human services space. The guests — Casebook PBC President and CEO Tristan Louis and Think of Us Founder and CEO Sixto Cancel — introduce their company’s innovations and discuss how these tools can improve the child welfare system.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation today released Fostering Youth Transitions, a data brief that highlights the most comprehensive data set ever collected across all 50 states to assess how young people fare as they transition from foster care to adulthood.
Young Fellows from Casey’s Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative® will participate this month in Capitalhack, a 24-hour hackathon of robust brainstorming to find innovative solutions for data systems that affect young people in foster care.
Students who experience foster care face many challenges on the path to earning a high school diploma or a GED. But the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children is showing that, with the right resources, these young people can thrive.
Hawaii is home to a new law designed to support the well-being of youth in foster care. It’s a piece of legislation shaped by some key experts: young Hawaiians who have experienced the foster care system firsthand.
The Nebraska Children and Families Foundation recently lead a charge to strengthen the financial capabilities of low-income families and youth aging out of foster care in Sarpy County.
Crossing paths with a public system sets off a discouraging domino effect for families — one that can persist for generations. Consider Nebraska, where 48% of young kids with foster care experience have at least one parent who also navigated a public system in their youth. The good news? Help is coming.
The Casey Foundation recently contributed to a special issue of the Child Welfare League of America's Child Welfare Journal focused on young people in foster care who are gay or lesbian.
A new searchable, state-by-state database from the Juvenile Law Center catalogs the laws, policies and practices related to foster care for youth ages 18 and older.
