Share Your #ReasonsForHope With Us What gives you hope? Join the conversations and share with us the inspiring events and actions taking place in your community using #ReasonsForHope. Read More
Results-Based Leadership Video: Resolving Differences Using the "Circle of Conflict" A Foundation video lays out common conflicts on a circle graph. Being able to identify and discuss the types of conflict that are occurring will allow partners to better determine how to resolve them so productive work can continue to happen. Read More
Introducing Atlanta’s 2016 Community Investment Fund Recipients Atlanta’s Community Investment Fund Advisory Board has selected its new class of grant recipients for 2016. Funded projects will serve residents in a variety of ways — from developing community gardens to pairing local youth with rescue animals in need. This blog post previews the work of all 15 awardees. Read More
Evidence and Interest Grow for Program Promoting Educational Success for Students in Foster Care FosterEd, an initiative of the National Center for Youth Law, aims to improve educational outcomes for students in foster care. Learn how this porgram is helping policymakers provide positive educational outcomes for foster youth. Read More
My Life, My Plan: The Value of Youth-Led Reentry Planning A guest author outlines how youth-led reentry plans empower young people to take control of their own lives. Michael D. explains how taking ownership of his plan allowed him to identify the support he needed to make his reentry successful. Read More
Recorded Webinar Available: Identifying Community Priorities for Child Well-Being Listen to the Foundation's latest webinar, Using What Works to Improve Child Well-Being. An expert panel discusses how the Youth Experience Survey, one of the key tools in the Evidence2Success framework, generates data on risk and protective factors that help communities address problems for youth before they start. Read More
New Video: How Leaders Can Get the Right Feedback with Situation-Behavior-Impact Giving and encouraging feedback is an essential part of being a leader. A new Foundation video explains how “situation-behavior-impact” feedback can promote awareness of how behaviors affect team members and improve team function. Read More
Webinar Recording: Strengthening Child Welfare Agency Permanency Practices Listen to the final webinar installment in a three-part series exploring key components of Casey’s publication, 10 Practices: A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency. Read More
The Casey Foundation Goes Deep on Race Equity and Inclusion Learn how the Casey Foundation is making race equity and inclusion central to its work to improve outcomes for kids, families and communities in the United States. As part of this effort, the Foundation is challenging other philanthropies to do the same. Read More
Meet the Disease Control Expert Who is Curing an Epidemic of Gun Violence In this episode of CaseyCast, host Lisa Hamilton connects with physician and epidemiologist Gary Slutkin to discuss his success at the helm of Cure Violence. The nonprofit, which Slutkin founded in 1995, employs disease control methods to prevent and reduce gun violence. Read More