New Grants to Help Strengthen Workforce Development in Casey’s Hometowns The National Fund for Workforce Solutions recently awarded four communities nearly $2.4 million in combined grants to promote economic mobility among low-wage workers and address gaps in local workforce systems. Organizations in Atlanta and Baltimore were named as recipients, as well as collaboratives in Cleveland and Syracuse. Read More
A Decade of Data: Kids in High-Poverty Communities Across the country, 14% of children are now living in high-poverty communities, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Developing Consistent Standards for Quality in the Payroll Card Industry An upcoming webinar from the Center for Financial Services Innovation will highlight industry-wide best practices for payroll cards, which are often used as an alternative to direct-deposit or check payments — and the industry's future. Read More
Buffalo Promise Neighborhood's Caitlin Lenihan Talks Family-Centered Work Caitlin Lenihan, director of Buffalo Promise Neighborhood's Two-Generation Programs, shares her thoughts on employing a family-centered approach. In this post, she discusses why listening to parents is important, why specific training is necessary and how her organization's family-centered practice has evolved over time. Read More
Nominations and Application Open for 2016-2017 Casey Children and Family Fellowship The Foundation is seeking nominations and applications for the tenth class of its signature Children and Family Fellowship — an intensive executive leadership program, now in its third decade, designed to give more child and family-serving professionals the confidence and competence to lead major system reforms and community change initiatives that get results. Read More
Oct. 30 Webinar: Using Collective Impact to Reduce Infant Mortality The Annie E. Casey Foundation is hosting an Oct. 30 webinar to explore how collective impact strategies have been used to reduce infant mortality and support family well-being in Baltimore, Cincinnati and Cleveland. Read More
High Housing Costs a Reality for Millions of Kids in Immigrant Families Across the nation, 41% of kids in immigrant families and 29% of kids in U.S.-born families are living in households grappling with high housing costs. Read More
Business Owners of Color in Atlanta Learn New Skills Through Accelerator Program Invest Atlanta recently announced the graduation of 21 business owners of color from an accelerator program that has helped position them for future success. Read More
Casey Fellow in Focus: Helping Kids Meet Early Milestones in Michigan Kristen McDonald is one of 16 visionary leaders who recently graduated from the Casey Foundation’s Children and Family Fellowship. Her story demonstrates what Fellows can accomplish when they apply the tools and competencies of Results Count — the Foundation’s results-based leadership approach — to achieve measurable results in child well-being. Read More
McCarthy Endorses Community Efforts to Support Youth in Transition A featured speaker at the Winston-Salem Foundation's annual luncheon in North Carolina, Patrick McCarthy talks about the critical need to bring community leadership to bear in supporting vulnerable youth. Read More