Video: Practice 10 Conversations That Will Move You Toward Results Having the right conversations is key for leaders to achieve results, and to the Casey Foundation’s leadership development approach. A new video describes ten conversations that results-based leaders can use to get or stay on track. Read More
Join Our Webinar on Expanding Housing Options for the Formerly Incarcerated On Aug. 22, 2019, the Annie E. Casey Foundation will host a webinar featuring officials from Root & Rebound, a center in California that advocates for people with criminal backgrounds. Read More
Proposals Sought for 2017 JDAI Inter-Site Conference The Foundation is accepting workshop proposals through January 20, 2017 for its 23rd Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-Site Conference, set for April in Orlando, Florida. Read More
What is Economic Inclusion and Why Does it Matter in Atlanta? In its new publication, Growing the Future: The Case for Economic Inclusion in Metro Atlanta, the Partnership for Southern Equity calls for a shift in how we assess economic growth in communities. Read More
Embracing Sector Strategies: Workforce Boards Share Lessons Workforce development boards in five states — Arizona, Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia — share lessons on effectively implementing sector strategies that address job-seeker challenges and employer needs. Read More
Jim Casey Fellows Led Efforts to Improve Child Welfare The 2022 cohort of Jim Casey Fellows led projects that advance policy and strengthen communities. Learn about their work. Read More
TST-FC: Helping Children in Foster Care Manage Their Feelings and Behavior When a child who has experienced trauma melts down emotionally, kin and foster caregivers can struggle to identify triggers and help them calm down. The ramifications of this can be devastating. Enter a powerful new tool, Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care (TST-FC), that aims to help caregivers meet the needs of kids and teenagers who have experienced trauma. Read More
Webinar To Examine Three Key Fiscal Elements for Using the Family First Act The Annie E. Casey and William T. Grant foundations are hosting a Nov. 13 webinar on three key fiscal elements that child welfare leaders should understand to use the Family First Prevention Services Act to better serve children and families. Read More
Sharp Declines in Youth Placements Continue in Ohio’s Lucas County The Christian Science Monitor recently ran a feature story showing how juvenile justice leaders in Lucas County, Ohio (Toledo) – one of a handful of JDAI sites nationwide that is working with the Foundation to expand JDAI’s focus to the deep end of the system – are increasingly steering court-involved youth away from correctional institutions and other residential placements. Read More
Creating Opportunity for Families in East Baltimore In a ceremony attended by Baltimore’s mayor and other dignitaries, a new playground built by hundreds of volunteers opened today in Eager Park, a green space in the heart of East Baltimore. Read More