Casey Foundation Names Lisa Hamilton Executive VP and Chief Program Officer, John Kim Chief Administrative Officer The Foundation has named Lisa Hamilton its executive vice president and chief program officer and John Kim its chief administrative officer. Leslie Boissiere has been promoted to serve as the vice president of external affairs. Read More
LEAP Turns One: A Year In Review Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP) turned one in September 2017. Casey checks in on the initiative’s early results and finds that there’s plenty to celebrate. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Paula Young on the Importance of Engaging Youth As a senior associate for youth engagement for the Casey Foundation’s Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, Paula Young works to develop partnerships with young leaders to improve well-being for youth transitioning from foster care. Read More
Nebraska Families and Youth in Care Gain Financial Skills — and Hope — in 100 Days The Nebraska Children and Families Foundation recently lead a charge to strengthen the financial capabilities of low-income families and youth aging out of foster care in Sarpy County. Read More
Nov. 12 Webinar to Highlight New KIDS COUNT Policy Report The Casey Foundation will host a Nov. 12 webinar to discuss our new policy report, Creating Opportunity for Families: A Two-Generation Approach. This session will focus on ways the public, nonprofit and private sectors can work together to help equip the 10 million low-income families with young children in the United States with the tools they need to move out of poverty and thrive. Read More
Southside Works’ Career Fairs at Pittsburgh Yards A series of career fairs has yielded lessons on creating economic opportunity in Atlanta. Read organizers' takeaways. Read More
Webinar to Examine Strategies for Promoting Equity With the Family First Act The Annie E. Casey and William T. Grant foundations are hosting a webinar on April 25, 2019, to explore how child welfare leaders can use the Family First Prevention Services Act to achieve equitable outcomes for children and families. Read More
Who’s in Head Start? Three- and Four-Year-Olds Fill Programs Nationwide In 2016, the most recent full year of data on record, 1.1 million kids were enrolled in Head Start programs. Most of these children — nearly 76% — were three or four years old. 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
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
