New Lead Agency Helms Jim Casey Initiative’s Mississippi Site 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. Read More
Evaluation Finds Casey Effort to Enhance Child Welfare Investigative Decision Making is on the Right Track On the Frontline aims to help caseworkers and their supervisors make better investigative decisions about protecting children and strengthening families. A new evaluation and report examine the experiences of child welfare agencies in two counties — one in Ohio and the other in Colorado — that began implementing the initiative in 2015. Read More
Workforce Strategies Shift to Serve Young People During Crisis During the pandemic and economic downturn, workforce programs are shifting strategies to ensure young people are gaining the skills needed to obtain employment and build career paths. Read examples from local providers. Read More
Four Compelling Reasons to Use Racial Equity Impact Assessments for Policy Decisions Tools for Thought: Using Racial Equity Impact Assessments for Effective Policymaking, the third installment of the Race for Results case study series, highlights the use and effectiveness of Racial Equity Impact Assessment (REIA) tools, and gives leaders and advocates a tangible mechanism to craft race-conscious legislation and policies. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Cynthia Weaver on Bringing Evidence2Success to Alabama As a senior associate with Casey’s Evidence-Based Practice Team, Cynthia Weaver works to expand the use of programs backed by scientific evidence to reap results in helping vulnerable kids and families succeed. Read More
"Now Jobs" Prepare Young Adults for Long-Term Success Now jobs — opportunities such as short- and long-term internships and subsidized employment arrangements — can help young adults address their immediate income needs while also preparing for long-term career opportunities, according to a new report. Read More
One in Five Children is Food Insecure in 2010 Recent data show that more than 1 in 5 U.S. children lived in homes that were food insecure at some point during the year. Read More
Evidence2Success Profiled in Stanford Social Innovation Review Article on Community Engagement A new article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review makes the case that community engagement is a critical component of effective data-driven, evidence-based social change, and profiles the Foundation’s Evidence2Success framework as an example of how these strategies can come together. Read More
Helping Working Community College Students Succeed Community colleges have a powerful role to play in helping students who are struggling to pay for school while also working to support their families. A new report, which checks in on the first two years of the Working Students Success Network, examines the impact of bundling services to better support these students and their success. Read More
Leadership Program Welcomes New Class of Child Health Advocates Meet the 2018–19 Children’s Health Leadership Network: 16 leaders from the South who will be working over the next 12 months to improve the health and well-being of kids and families in their states. Read More