Blog Archive

Expert Input: What It’s Like to Deliver New Training Series on Kinship Care

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released a five-part video training series, called “Engaging Kinship Caregivers” that is designed to help child welfare staff work more effectively with kinship caregivers.

Exploring Community-Based Approaches to Youth Mental Health Care

This session outlines strategies for creating more resilient communities that support the mental well-being of young people. Watch this webinar.

New Paper Examines Role of Centers of Excellence in Promoting Systems Reform

In a new paper, The Institute for Innovation & Implementation at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and The Center for Innovative Practices at Case Western Reserve University explain how Centers of Excellence work help improve outcomes for children and families in communities across the country.

Webinar Highlights 10 Practices of High-Performing Child Welfare Agencies

In February, the Child Welfare Strategy Group launched a three-part webinar series devoted to building high-performance child welfare agencies.

Analysis of Asian and Latino Subgroups Finds Additional Barriers to Success

According to the new Race for Results Index from the Annie E. Casey Fondation, there are clear differences in the extent of barriers to success among subgroups of Asian and Latino children in the United States.

Discussing Disconnected Youth Data and Reengagement Strategies

Registration is now open for a March 30 webinar focused on serving youth who are not working or in school — commonly called disconnected youth.

Community Investment Fund Spotlight: Helping Students Make the Grade

This spotlight tells how two women used a $4,200 grant from the Community Investment Fund to launch a Common Core Coaching education program for students in Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit V.

FosterClub Offers Youth Perspective on March CaseyChat

The Casey Foundation and FosterClub Executive Celeste Bodner teamed up for a Twitter chat on foster parenting. Delve into the conversation.

New Report: KIDS COUNT Shows Value of Long-Term Philanthropic Investment

For more than 25 years, KIDS COUNT has been the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s flagship investment for providing public officials and child advocates with data, tools and policy recommendations to improve outcomes for vulnerable children.A new report tells the story of how a single data book documenting measures of child well-being tranformed into a mission-critical vehicle for building bipartisan support for proven solutions and policy change.