Positive youth development is a holistic approach that focuses on creating a developmentally appropriate learning setting for young people.
Positive youth development strategies focus on forging positive relationships; strengthening academic, soft and technical skills; cultivating trustworthy, safe spaces; and offering youth opportunities to succeed in meaningful ways. Another defining characteristic of Positive Youth Development is that youth are treated as equal partners and engage with their communities, schools, organizations, peer groups and families in ways that are both constructive and productive.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is sponsoring 50 scholarships for juvenile justice professionals to attend the American Probation and Parole Association’s winter training institute. The virtual event runs from Feb. 22 to 26 and applications are due Jan. 29, 2021.
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.
Generation Z has emerged as a population increasingly worthy of attention, especially now as its older members enter young adulthood. Here’s what we know about their characteristics.
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 free new curriculum, developed with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, aims to help child welfare workers and other child-serving professionals better support young people in foster care.
New policies enacted in Los Angeles County and the state of New Jersey reflect the growing momentum for a dramatic shift in our nation’s juvenile justice systems. The goal is to allow schools and communities — not the courts — to address most instances of youth misconduct.
Social enterprises are mission-driven businesses that generate income for a variety of causes, including health, economic and environmental issues. As an example, the Casey Foundation supports social enterprises aimed at helping individuals enter or return to the workforce.
Boosting a young person’s math and literacy scores — particularly when a youth is disconnected from school and work — can help improve their job readiness and lifelong earnings. A new report shares lessons and insights on supporting this important work.
The National Youth Employment Coalition has released a tool kit aimed at fostering meaningful collaboration between professionals in the federal workforce development system and the juvenile justice system.
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.
