Embracing Sector Strategies: Workforce Boards Share Lessons Workforce development boards in five states share lessons on implementing sector strategies that address job-seeker challenges and employer needs. Read More
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Programs A Casey report shows that the federal government’s official poverty measure created in the 1960s uses outdated information on how U.S. families are faring today, failing to illustrate the effect of programs designed to help them.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
Meet the 2017 JDAI Distinguished System Leadership Award Winners Toni Carter, Lisa Garry and Kurt Wolf earned the JDAI award for driving juvenile justice reform through data and partnerships. Read more. Read More
Infant Mortality Rate at Historic Low The rate of infant mortality has dropped 34% since 1990 in the United States. This proves to be an all-time low in the country. 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
Leading With Evidence: Documenting Progress With Data and Evaluation The Casey Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation recently brought together child welfare administrators and researchers from across the country for a two-day symposium to build evidence-based strategies that imporove outcomes for children, families, and communities. Read More
More Kids Living in Low-Income Families Today Than Before Recession When it comes to child well-being, the research is clear: Family finances matter. Poverty can impede a child’s ability to learn and contribute to social, emotional and behavioral problems. In total, 31 million kids— 43% of the nation’s children — now live in families that are low-income. Read More
Reports on Youth Incarceration and Parents’ Insights During COVID-19 Reports share insights from families of youth in custody during COVID-19. Read ways to reduce youth incarceration during the pandemic. Read More
Community Matters Highlights Baltimore Neighborhood's Innovative Approach to Development The latest webinar in our Community Matters series — Community Development From the Ground Up: An Innovative Approach in Baltimore’s Oliver Neighborhood — shares the story of a community-driven effort to reclaim and reinvest in an East Baltimore neighborhood. 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
