Momentum Builds to End Youth Homelessness in Maryland After months of community organizing and meetings with legislators, advocates from Youth Empowered Society, a Casey grantee, are celebrating a big win: The Maryland General Assembly’s passage of the Ending Youth Homelessness Act of 2018. Read More
Connecticut Is the First State in Nation to Eliminate Youth Prison Model Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy recently announced the closure of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, the state’s large juvenile corrections facility. Read More
Pilot Project Embraces Executive-Skills Coaching for Young People Executive-skills coaching can play a meaningful role in helping young adults thrive at home and work, according to a new Casey-supported report. Read More
Hunger a Harsh Reality for 14 Million Children Nationwide Across the nation, 19% of kids — 14 million children total — experienced food insecurity in 2015. Read More
Why Parents Having Health Insurance is Good for American Families In the United States, the proportion of parents without health insurance has dropped 39% in just six years. Today, 11% of parents — 6.4 million men and women — are without health coverage. Read More
Two in Five Kids Are Read To Less Than Four Days a Week When it comes to supporting literary development in young kids, the advice to parents is clear: Crack open a book — daily — and read aloud to your child. Yet, from 2015 to 2016, 42% of kids in the nation's 5-and-under age group had family members sitting down and reading to them less than four days a week. Read More
Casey’s Trauma Trainings for Foster Parents Hailed as Promising Two trauma-informed trainings for foster parents have increased placement stability while also helping participants feel more informed and equipped to meet the needs of children in their care. Read More
How Many U.S. Kids Have Special Health Care Needs? In the United States today, 14 million children under the age of 18 have special health care needs. Read More
Young Parents Face Daily Challenges, Says New Report Young parents face a host of challenges in their daily lives, from securing adequate child care to advancing their education or landing jobs that can sustain their families, according to a Casey-funded study. Read More
Watch Our Webinar: Adapting Evidence-Based Programs in Child Welfare In this webinar on implementing evidence-based practices in child welfare from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation, learn how child welfare leaders and program developers can work together to adapt an evidence-based approach to the specific needs of a state. Read More
