Jim Casey Initiative Builds on Momentum in Advancing its Vision for Young People A new Casey report, Preparing for the Road Ahead: Helping Young People Transition from Foster Care to Adulthood, touts the successes and underscores the vision of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative in helping young people in foster care socially, emotionally, financially, intellectually and physically. Read More
New Evidence2Success Video Highlights Shifting Public Financing to What Works A new video, Evidence2Success: Tools for Fund-Mapping the Future, shows how Evidence2Success sites in Alabama, Rhode Island and Utah are pulling together local data to help communities better align resources with locally determined priority outcomes. Read More
America’s Foster Care Population Is Growing — Again America’s foster care population grew by 13,000 children and youth — to more than 415,000 kids total — from 2013 to 2014, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
What the Data Says: Adoption and Kids in Foster Care In 2014, 107,916 children in America’s foster care system were waiting to be adopted. While nearly half of these children were adopted within two years, 29% waited three or more years to experience this milestone. Read More
Exiting Without Family is a Harsh Reality for 12% of Kids Leaving Foster Care In 2014, 12% of the 238,230 kids who transitioned out of foster care did so without the benefit of a permanent connection to family. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Dennis Campa Talks State-Based Advocacy Casey’s Dennis Campa oversees two national networks of state advocacy organizations focused on improving the lives of vulnerable kids and families. In this Five Questions edition, Campa talks about the importance of state-based advocacy and how the Foundation uses national networks to help drive state policy reform. Read More
Webinar Recording: Improving Permanency Outcomes for Older Youth Listen to a recent webinar from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative on improving permanency outcomes for older youth. Register for the final webinar in our six-part series, Leveraging the Strengthening Families Act, taking place September 29, 2016. Read More
Webinar Recording: How Nonprofits Can Assess and Improve Their Parent Engagement Efforts Watch the Foundation’s webinar on a new tool that helps nonprofits and schools better engage parents in their work and develop parent leaders. Read More
Why Disaggregating Data by Race is Important for Racial Equity Learn how disaggregating data by race and presenting data in a meaningful, effective way uncovers hidden social and racial inequities in need of attention. Read More
New Funds Limit Use of Detention Facilities for Massachusetts Youth and Expand JDAI A new grant from the Lookout Foundation has been awarded to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. This grant will help deliver JDAI’s mission to decrease the length of stay in detention for low-risk youth and reduce the racial and ethnical disparities within the juvenile justice system. JDAI’s work will expand at the county level across Massachusetts. Read More
