Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a New Hospital-Based Program The Casey Foundation supports a multiyear evaluation of Healing Hurt People, an innovative, hospital-based violence intervention program in Philadelphia. Read More
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. Read More
Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences With the CDC This session looks at the lifelong impact of adverse childhood experiences and how to promote positive childhood experiences. Watch the webinar Read More
20th-Anniversary Children and Family Fellowship Class Announced Sixteen children and family services leaders will work toward community and system reform. Read More
Millions of Children Living in High-Poverty Areas Increasingly, America is the land of the haves — and the have-nots. Read More
Report: Youth in Foster Care Need Family, Not Just Skills for Independence A new report, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, tells what states and child welfare agencies can do to help teens thrive upon leaving foster care. It describes the beneficial role that a supportive adult can play — and places the need for family on par with a young person’s developmental and practical needs. Read More
Campaign Puts Racial Equity in the Center of the Social Sector Diverse leadership makes nonprofits more effective, according to research. Yet, in the nonprofit sector today, just 10% of CEOs and board chairs and 16% of board members are people of color. Leveling this professional playing field involves building organizational cultures in the social sector that place racial equity at the center of internal operations and external programing. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Sophie Dagenais on the Baltimore Unrest and the Way Forward Sophie Dagenais is the director of the Baltimore Civic Site. In this Five Questions edition, she discusses the importance of bringing all Baltimoreans to the table — particularly those with limited access to opportunity — to achieve lasting, positive change. Read More
Webinar: How to Measure Child Welfare Disparities and Plan Systemwide Improvements This presentation explored key recommendations in the Casey Foundation's publication, A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency, including strategies for collecting and analyzing data about disparities. Read More
Training Young Women to Become Researchers — and Study Their Own Community's Challenges A new CaseyCast visits Adams County, CO, where a program helps young women train and work as certified digital interviewers. Read More
