Mobile, Alabama, Becomes Latest Evidence2Success Site Mobile, Alabama, joins forces with the Foundation to implement Casey's evidence-based framework for promoting healthy kids and school success. The Evidence2Success model will partner system leaders and community residents to address the critical education needs of kids and families in three Mobile neighborhoods. Read More
Using an Evidence-Based Approach to Reduce Trauma’s Impact on Children Evidence2Success stakeholders in Providence turn their focus toward wide-spread school-aged trauma as leaders tackle one of the toughest underlying education issues with a proven strategy — Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS). Read More
Will Asset-Building Policies Lead to Equity? Applying the Racial Wealth Audit The Foundation recently recommended four policy prescriptions to help all families build assets and savings while reducing the racial wealth gap. But how would we know whether these policies could really be successful in promoting greater equity? Enter the Racial Wealth Audit, developed by the Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis University in partnership with Demos, to help answer that question. Read More
Progress Check: Youth Confinement in America Today Youth prisons and correctional facilities are dangerous, ineffective and unnecessary. So it's good news that America’s youth confinement rate dropped across all racial and ethnic groups during the last decade — and by 40% overall. Learn more about this new search category Check out the Data Center today Read More
Atlanta Community Investment Fund Seeks 2016 Grant Applicants Through the 2016 Atlanta Community Investment Fund, the Foundation provides small grants to organizations and resident networks. Read More
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. Read More
Compared to Their Classmates, Kids of Color More Likely to Be Removed by Schools Black and American Indian kids are more likely — and in some instances much more likely — to be suspended and expelled from public school compared to their white, Latino and Asian classmates. Learn more about this new search category Check out the Data Center today Read More
Video: Learn How to Walk the Accountability Pathway Achieving large-scale results requires commitments from many different types of leaders – and accountability for the commitments that are made. The Accountability Pathway is a tool that results-based leaders can use to check for accountability together. Read More
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. Read More
The Community Investment Fund: Inspiring Innovative Resident-Led Change Something special is happening in Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit V. Each year, people who live or work in the neighborhood can apply to receive small grants through Casey's Community Investment Fund. The goal? Promoting community-driven change by empowering residents to tackle common neighborhood challenges. Read More
