Five Questions with Casey: Allison Gerber on the Value of Apprenticeships Senior Associate Allison Gerber discusses the role of apprenticeships in Casey's strategies for connecting people to jobs. Read More
Casey Names 12 to its Juvenile Justice Youth Advisory Council The Annie E. Casey Foundation has selected 12 young adults from across the country to join its Youth Advisory Council. All individuals tapped to serve on the council have personal experience with some aspect of the juvenile justice system, whether it’s probation, detention, commitment, residential placement, incarceration or aftercare. Read More
Changing the Narrative About Youth of Color in Atlanta In collaboration with community partners, the Casey Foundation recently launched (ad)Vantage Point — a program developed by local artist Fahamu Pecou to provide young men of color from Maynard Jackson High School with an opportunity to share their experiences and perspectives using art. Read More
Governors Can Help Kids and Families by Promoting Child Welfare Improvements Want to really help children and families through public agency reform? Getting attention from the state's governor can electrify the child welfare improvement process in state agencies. Read More
Five Steps to Hiring and Retaining Frontline Child Welfare Staff Child welfare agencies can struggle to assemble and retain frontline staff members needed to ensure that kids and families are safe and thriving. A new publication from the Annie E. Casey Foundation provides agency leaders with a blueprint for improving workforce practices through hiring and retaining the right people. Read More
How a Baltimore Health Corps Worker Helped Fight COVID-19 in Her Community Read about the Baltimore Health Corps program and how one participant used it to empower herself and help her community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Training Young Women to Become Researchers — and Study Their Own Community's Challenges A new episode of CaseyCast takes listeners to Adams County, Colorado — one of the fastest growing counties in the state in both population and employment. It’s a community where families face many challenges, including higher rates of child poverty, single motherhood and teen births. It’s also home to an innovative effort that is helping local women, ages 18 to 24, train and work as certified digital interviewers. Read More
Report Spotlights Strategies for Helping Low-Income Workers Succeed What innovative strategies are helping workers navigate today's changing economy? And, what can philanthropy learn from them? These are questions asked and answered in a new report, Taking Action. Read More
What’s Standing in the Way of Evidence-Based Programs? Evidence-based programs could play a real game-changing role for child and family programs if the dissemination of such programs reached a larger segment of the population. A new report examines the lack of dissemination and offers recommendations. Read More
Faith in Communities The Annie E. Casey Foundation seeks to help faith-based organizations, such as the Providence In-town Churches Association Food Pantry, improve and expand how they serve community members in need. Read More