Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a New Hospital-Based Program The Casey Foundation is supporting a multiyear evaluation of Healing Hurt People, an innovative, hospital-based violence intervention program now underway in Philadelphia. Read More
Applying the Leadership Lessons of Casey’s Children and Family Fellowship Improving results for kids and families can be overwhelming. Children and Family Fellowship alumna Catherine Lester, director of Seattle’s Human Services Department, reveals how her training in results-based leadership helps her manage in one of the nation’s fastest growing cities. Read More
Apply Today: New Leadership Program Open to NPU-V Residents Now through Jan. 31, 2018, residents of Atlanta's Neighborhood Planning Unit-V can apply to participate in a new nine-month leadership program aimed at helping residents effect positive community change. Read More
Panel Plays Pioneering Role in Child Welfare Lawsuits A reflection on the Annie E. Casey Foundation's former president and CEO, Doug Nelson, and his instrumental role in reforming child welfare lawsuits. Read More
Departing Casey President and CEO Talks Change, Challenges and Lessons In a new podcast episode, the Casey Foundation's Lisa Hamilton interviews Patrick McCarthy as he retires as president and CEO about how the Foundation has changed during this career, what he’s learned along the way and why he has a lot of hope for the nation’s younger generations. Read More
Logging Into a WebEx Webinar? Here’s How. Webinars are one of the many tools that the Foundation uses to engage partners across the country in important conversations about what kids, families and communities need to thrive. Here’s what you need to know to get started. Read More
Reports on Youth Incarceration and Parents’ Insights During COVID-19 Reports share insights from families of youth in custody during COVID-19. Read ways to reduce youth incarceration during the pandemic. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Donna Stark Reflects on Two Decades of Leadership Development Work Senior Leadership Fellow Donna Stark’s career has long focused on building a culture of results. In more than two decades at Casey, she’s steered both system reform and community change efforts and helped social sector leaders improve the odds for vulnerable kids. In this Five Questions edition, Stark discusses Casey’s results-based framework and shares how the Foundation’s leadership development work has changed through time. Read More
Recruiting, Supporting and Keeping Skilled Child Welfare Case Workers Effective change is possible for child welfare agencies. Key to becoming a high performing agency is taking steps to provide decisive staff training, supervision and support — and the retention of skilled caseworkers. Read More
Baltimore Youth Gain Summer Work Experience That Lasts a Lifetime In the summer of 2017 — thanks to a program supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation — more than 8,000 young people in Baltimore had a chance to fill their idle summer months with employment experience and a paycheck. Read More