Watch Our Webinar: Preparing Young People for Workplace Success During a recent webinar discussion, experts from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Child Trends examined new ways to help prepare young people for workplace success. Read More
Nominate or Apply: 2019–21 Casey Children and Family Fellowship The Annie E. Casey Foundation is seeking nominations and applications for its signature Children and Family Fellowship. The executive leadership program, which will run from April 2019 to January 2021, aims to empower child and family-serving professionals to lead major system reforms and community change initiatives that get results. Read More
ARC Reflections: Helping Caregivers Understand and Respond to Kids in Foster Care ARC Reflections, a nine-session curriculum developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Justice Resource Institute, teaches foster parents a critical skill: how to understand and respond to children whose lives have been rocked by trauma. Read More
Watch Our Webinar: Integrating Data to Improve Family Outcomes A new webinar from the Annie E. Casey Foundation — now available via recording — examines how organizations are leveraging data to enhance both programs and outcomes for families. Read More
Results Count: Helping Large Service Providers Get Results Since fall 2015, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has supported three national nonprofits in Results Count™, a leadership program designed to propel large-scale change within a results-based framework. In this post, leaders from these nonprofits weigh in on how the program has helped hone new strategies and, ultimately, advance their organization’s work. Read More
On the First National Foster Parent Appreciation Day, Let’s Celebrate and Support Foster Parents The first National Foster Parent Appreciation Day is set for May 31, 2018, the last day of National Foster Care Month. The Casey Foundation's President & CEO calls on communities to celebrate and support the contributions of foster parents. Read More
Pierce County: Trailblazer for Probation Transformation Washington’s Pierce County has taken bold strides to revamp its approach to juvenile probation, which is the most common sentence in our nation’s juvenile justice system. Read More
Report Offers Advice to Funders on Supporting Two-Generation Work Investing in Innovation reflects on the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s experience with Family Economic Success - Early Childhood Education — a two-generation initiative aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty. The report shares valuable lessons and advice for funders who may be interested in supporting this field of work. Read More
ARC Reflections: Helping Kids in Foster Care Build Healthy Attachments Healthy attachments with caregivers enable children to develop a positive sense of self and explore and participate in the world around them. ARC Reflections, a free training curriculum for foster parents and kin caregivers, helps adults build these vital healthy attachments with kids in their care. Read More
Policies Threaten Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families Many of the nation's 18 million children who are in immigrant families were being threatened with separation from their parents, denial of access to basic services and dangerously rising levels of stress resulting from fears that any knock at the front door could result in a horrible, life-changing experience. Read More