Expanding Housing Options for the Formerly Incarcerated Webinar The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently hosted a webinar exploring how advocates, community groups and others can work to increase housing options for people with criminal and arrest records. Watch the webinar. Read More
Webinar: Gig Workers and the Public Workforce System Join the Annie E. Casey Foundation for a webinar on July 18 devoted to exploring the role that public workforce systems can play in supporting job seekers and employers as they navigate the rise of the gig economy. Read More
Providence Children & Youth Cabinet Produces Evidence2Success Action Plan The Providence Children & Youth Cabinet, which coordinates public system and community leaders in the Foundation’s first Evidence2Success community, has published an action plan for the Evidence2Success approach through 2018. Read More
Jim Casey Initiative Site Reduces Youth Homelessness Cleveland is setting a national example as the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative site, A Place 4 Me, along with determined community partners, found housing for 100 homeless youth in 100 days. Read More
New Child Welfare Financing Report is Important Tool for State Advocates The Child Trends report, Child Welfare Financing SFY 2014: A Survey of Federal, State and Local Expenditures, provides timely data on state-level child welfare financing. Read More
Reimagining New Mexico's Secondary and Postsecondary Education An internship program in New Mexico provides learning experiences and a professional pathway for young people. Learn more. Read More
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty by Helping Kids and Their Parents Succeed Educare Atlanta, the Center for Working Families and Dunbar Elementary School in southwest Atlanta are developing a strong, more closely aligned partnership to ensure parents and children succeed together. Read More
Two in Five U.S. Children Live in a Low-Income Family Across the United States, 41% of kids live in low-income families. While this statistic has fallen since 2013, it has yet to return to its pre-recession rate of 39% in 2007. Read More
Preventing Families From Having Child Welfare Involvement A podcast episode explores how families have the resources they need to avoid system involvement. Listen to the recommendations. Read More
Five Questions with Leslie Boissiere on the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Leslie Boissiere, chief operating officer of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, talks about the movement by communities to get kids reading proficiently by the end of third grade. Read More