Blog Archive

Trauma-Informed Training Helps Foster Parents Feel More Prepared

A new training curriculum, ARC Reflections, is helping child welfare agencies teach foster parents about the effects of trauma. It's also offering caregivers problem-solving strategies that can help children and teens regulate their emotions, connect with others and build life skills.

Webinar: Implementing Evidence and Research in Public Systems

On March 23, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation are hosting a webinar focused on helping child welfare leaders implement adaptations of evidence-based programs.

Immigrant Youth in the Youth Justice System: What You Need to Know in 2018

Recent shifts in U.S. policy have placed noncitizen youth who are involved in the juvenile justice system at increased risk of arrest, detention and deportation. To help juvenile justice professionals navigate this evolving landscape, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has published an update to its 2014 practice guide Noncitizen Youth in the Juvenile Justice System.

Casey Joins Effort to Help Millions of Americans Achieve Housing Stability

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has joined Funders for Housing and Opportunity — a collaborative of nine private foundations that is working to improve lives by ensuring that families can afford safe, stable rentals in healthy communities.

Working With Casey, Oklahoma Doubles its Number of Licensed Foster Care Beds

The Annie E. Casey Foundation teamed up with the state of Oklahoma to improve its foster care system, and the multiyear collaboration is yielding impressive results.

New Recruits Join Network Aimed at Promoting Diversity in Evaluation Sector

The Casey Foundation has selected a new group of evaluators and researchers to join its network of evaluation experts from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups.

Buffalo Promise Neighborhood's Caitlin Lenihan Talks Family-Centered Work

Caitlin Lenihan, director of Buffalo Promise Neighborhood's Two-Generation Programs, shares her thoughts on employing a family-centered approach. In this post, she discusses why listening to parents is important, why specific training is necessary and how her organization's family-centered practice has evolved over time.

Minnesota Integrates State Data to Improve Early Childhood Programming

Officials in Minnesota have launched the Early Childhood Longitudinal Data System, an innovative information sharing system that integrates the state’s data on education, health and social services.

An Innovative Training Program is Helping Atlantans Get — and Keep — Jobs

Researchers at Emory University compared a workforce training program called Atlanta CareerRise to more traditional training approaches. Their review found that Atlanta CareerRise did a better job at helping individuals get hired, stay employed and increase their earnings.