Foster Care Alums Weigh In: Building a Better Exit Plan The Casey Foundation’s Lisa Hamilton recently spoke to Samanthya Amann and Brittany Hunter about their personal paths out of foster care. Both women talked about the barriers they faced, what strategies and supports they used, and what a smoother exit from the system could look like. Read More
Results-Based Leadership Development Helps Promise Neighborhoods Deliver Results in Mississippi For four years, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has played a key role in nine Promise Neighborhoods efforts by providing its signature results-based leadership to assist these communities in achieving results for children from cradle to career. Read More
Year One of the Rural IMPACT Project Agency officials, funders, policymakers and service providers gathered at a White House symposium on November 17 to discuss early implementation lessons and future plans for Rural IMPACT — a public-private effort to reduce child poverty in rural and tribal communities. Read More
New Report Shows How Public Agencies Can Transform Foster Parenting A new Casey Foundation report explores how public agencies can enlist more individuals and families to become foster parents — and encourage those who now serve to continue their extraordinary commitment. Read More
Casey to Fund Three Emerging Scholar Awards for Researchers of Color The Casey Foundation is now accepting applications for research projects that will utilize its Making Connections dataset, made available through the Foundation’s Emerging Scholars Initiative. Read More
Students Have Room for Improvement When it Comes to Science Scores New KIDS COUNT test score data shows that achievement levels — while still low — are moving in the right direction. In addition, data shows disparities between states and different areas of the country. Read More
The American Family — For the Most Part — Still Has Two Parents The majority of children in America — two out of every three kids — live in married-couple households, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Philanthropy’s Role in Helping Tomorrow’s Workers Excel A new report by the Aspen Institute examines the role of philanthropy in helping tomorrow’s low and moderate-income workers get ahead amid a shifting employment landscape. Read More
Strengthening America’s Immigrant Workforce New reports from the Aspen Institute present a snapshot of how workforce development and immigrant-serving organizations currently intersect, as well as recommendations for how practitioners in these fields can strengthen partnerships to better connect immigrants to skill-building and career advancement opportunities. Read More
One in Five American Kids Speak a Language Other Than English at Home In the United States, one in five children — nearly 12 million kids total — speak a language other than English at home, which research shows is beneficial for children. Read More
