Official Poverty Measure Fails to Provide an Accurate Assessment of Anti-Poverty Programs A Casey report shows that the federal government’s official poverty measure created in the 1960s uses outdated information on how U.S. families are faring today, failing to illustrate the effect of programs designed to help them. Read More
My Life, My Plan: The Value of Youth-Led Reentry Planning A guest author outlines how youth-led reentry plans empower young people to take control of their own lives. Michael D. explains how taking ownership of his plan allowed him to identify the support he needed to make his reentry successful. Read More
Foundation Seeks Applicants for Juvenile Justice Youth Advisory Council The Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Justice Strategy Group (JJSG) is seeking new members for its Youth Advisory Council. Candidates must submit an application, which requires a personal statement and letters of recommendation by 11:59 p.m. EST, Friday, January 20, 2017. Read More
Foundation President’s Statement on Freddie Gray Death Following the death of Baltimore's Freddie Gray and community reaction, Patrick McCarthy, the Foundation's president & CEO, pledges to work with the city's youth, community leaders and nonprofits to better connect young people and their families to opportunity. Read More
Review Highlights Research, Policy and Practices to Best Serve LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care The Casey Foundation has captured and synthesized an array of research and materials on how child welfare agencies can best serve LGBTQ youth in a new literature review. Read More
Meet the 2017 JDAI Distinguished System Leadership Award Winners Three individuals, Toni Carter, Lisa Garry and Kurt Wolf, earned this year’s JDAI Distinguished System Leadership Award, which recognizes stakeholders who have leveraged data and innovative partnerships to realize lasting juvenile justice reforms. The award is the highest honor that the Annie E. Casey Foundation bestows on an individual or team working at a Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative site. Read More
New Recruits Join Network Aimed at Promoting Diversity in Evaluation Sector The Casey Foundation has selected a new group of evaluators and researchers to join its network of evaluation experts from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups. Read More
Six Questions on Family-Centered Practice With Alex Barkley in Columbus Alex Barkley, collaborations manager at Community Properties of Ohio, shares his perspective on embracing a family-centered practice. In this post, he discusses challenges to collaborating across organizations, how data underpins this work, and more. Read More
Best Practices for Youth-Led Participatory Research Projects Recommendations for implementing projects led by youth. Learn how to best include young people in research. Read More
How Court Oversight Can Support Normalcy and Youth Engagement for Youth in Foster Care Court practice can shape how the child welfare system implements key provisions of the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act by establishing standards and expectations. Read More