Casey’s Lisa Hamilton recently spoke with Liz Ryan of Youth First about what’s wrong with America’s prevailing juvenile justice system, what a better system looks like, and how we can help states end their reliance on youth prisons and incarcerating kids.
The final webinar in a six-part series explores key components of a youth-engaging extended foster care system, includng model programs, policies in various states and reform plans.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently named 12 new Jim Casey Young Fellows, who will be trained in leadership and advocacy skills to help inform the philanthropy's efforts to improve outcomes for youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood.
A new Casey report, Preparing for the Road Ahead: Helping Young People Transition from Foster Care to Adulthood, touts the successes and underscores the vision of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative in helping young people in foster care socially, emotionally, financially, intellectually and physically.
Listen to a recent webinar from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative on improving permanency outcomes for older youth. Register for the final webinar in our six-part series, Leveraging the Strengthening Families Act, taking place September 29, 2016.
The Casey Foundation’s Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative addresses challenges faced by youth in foster care and aims to make their experiences as typical when compared to thier peers not in custody.
Ohio legislators recently extended foster care services to age 21 — joining 23 other states that are similarly providing critical support as youth transition to adulthood. A Place 4 Me, the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative site in Ohio, was integral to building local support.
The federal Strengthening Families Act (SFA) provides new opportunities for child welfare agencies to create typical family experiences for children and youth in foster care. In this third installment of a six-part webinar series, the Foundation’s Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative highlights key SFA provisions that leverage the law’s enforcement mechanisms to not only improve outcomes for kids, but establish better practices from the start.
A new lead partner agency, Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth, helms the Jim Casey Youth site in Mississippi. The nonprofit joins 17 other lead partner agencies across the Jim Casey Youth network.
As a senior associate for youth engagement for the Casey Foundation’s Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, Paula Young works to develop partnerships with young leaders to improve well-being for youth transitioning from foster care.
