Blog Archive

Casebook's Unique Features Garnering Attention and Awards

This is the last in a four-part series about Casebook, a state-of-the-art tool to help child welfare workers track and improve results for children in their care. This installment looks at the successes of the Casebook team in bringing the platform to market.

Millions of Children Living in High-Poverty Areas

Increasingly, America is the land of the haves — and the have-nots.

Connecticut and New Jersey Make the Grade

The 2015 KIDS COUNT Data Book spotlights two states that are working to move their youngest children to the top of the class.

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.

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.

20th-Anniversary Children and Family Fellowship Class Announced

Sixteen children and family services leaders will work toward community and system reform.

Study: Foster Youth Fare Better When They Receive Care Until 21

Youth who remained in foster care until age 19 were more likely to have a place to live, were enrolled in school and had health insurance when compared to their peers who were no longer in state custody, according to recently released findings from researchers at Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago.

Lessons From the Field: Evaluating a Two-Generation Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

The difficult work of delivering integrated services to low-income families has gained some essential guideposts. The source? A newly published evaluation of Casey’s Family Economic Success - Early Childhood Education (FES-ECE) initiative.

Creating Trauma-Sensitive Communities

A new webinar explored how organizations that are pursuing a two-generation approach can begin to address trauma with the children and parents they serve.