Collaborative Helps Residents Get Jobs in Baltimore’s Growing Industries A recent report shows how workforce-development programs in Baltimore helped most participants get credentials that led to quality employment opportunities with family-sustaining wages. Read More
Atlanta Beltline Partnership And Casey To Host Pittsburgh Rise Festival Festival on May 21st is free of admission and open to the public. The event includes food, hoops, chess, balloon rides, gospel and home tours in southwest Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood. Read More
The Importance of Young Workers' Voices in the Labor Market The Casey Foundation works with several partners to better understand how to uplift young workers. Learn more about these efforts. Read More
New Jersey Taps Implementation Science to Improve Child Welfare Practices Using the principles of implementation science, New Jersey is launching an all-out effort supported by the Casey Foundation to institute evidence-based approaches to improve outcomes in its child welfare system. Read More
More Children on Path to Success at Dunbar Learning Complex Children at the Dunbar Learning Complex have shown significant gains in reading proficiency and early childhood development, and more are starting school prepared to learn, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read More
America’s Foster Care Population Grew for Third Straight Year The nation’s foster care population has swelled to 428,000 children — its largest size since 2008, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
State Grant to Expand Use of Proven Programs in Providence, Rhode Island The Foundation's partners in Providence, Rhode Island, have received a state grant to expand the use of proven programs to enhance child well-being in two focus neighborhoods as part of Casey’s first Evidence2Success site. Read More
Maryland Modernizes Kinship Law to Find Families for More Youth in Foster Care A new Maryland law prioritizes placements with relatives for young people experiencing out-of-home care and foster care. Learn more about the new law. Read More
New Funds for Work: Connecting Systems for Justice-Involved Young People A new report, New Funds for Work: Connecting Systems for Justice-Involved Young People, provides a state-by-state look at youth served by workforce development boards that were justice-involved and offers recommendations to improve employment opportunities for these youth. Read More
Video Submissions Spotlight Achievement Gaps for Latino Students Casey Foundation and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists issued a compelling charge to student videographers across the nation: Tell the story of how Latino children are faring. Read More