Boston Professor Receives Bimel Award for Helping Drive Detention Reforms The Annie E. Casey Foundation has named William Rodriguez, assistant professor and chair of juvenile justice and youth advocacy at Wheelock College in Boston, as its 2017 Natalie S. Bimel Award recipient. The Foundation presented Rodriguez with the award in recognition of his commitment to fairness and equality, human rights and social justice. Read More
Cities Expand Consumer Protections Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Under the Local Consumer Financial Protection Initiative, leaders in four localities across the United States will begin building stronger laws and enforcement strategies to protect residents from fraud, predatory lending and other financial and consumer schemes. Read More
Social Investing Expands Reach of Philanthropy A reflection on Casey's former president and CEO, Doug Nelson, and his passionate advocacy for social investment during his 20 years of leadership at the Foundation. Read More
Making Saving Easy and Fun for Low-Income Families Commonwealth, a long-time Casey grantee, recently introduced Prize Savings, a new incentive that enables financially vulnerable Americans to build savings. Read More
Casey Strengthens Infrastructure for Advancing Racial Equity Many organizations are looking to design an infrastructure that integrates a focus on racial equity at every turn — and the Annie E. Casey Foundation is no exception. Learn how the National Equity Project has helped create organizational change. Read More
KIDS COUNT Network Deepens Strategies for Combating Racial Inequities As more than 150 leaders from child advocacy organizations from across the United States kicked off a recent two-day retreat in Atlanta, social justice activist Rev. William Barber reminded the group that addressing racial inequities in child well-being is a universal imperative. Read More
Mississippi Lawsuit Quotes JDAI Standards on Fixed Restraints JDAI standards on the use of fixed restraints have been cited as model standards in a civil rights lawsuit over the use of handcuffs at an alternative school in Jackson, Mississippi. Read More
More than a Million Fewer Detention Days for Youth The new Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative's Results Report demonstrates the impact of the Foundation's juvenile justice reform efforts. Read More
New Leadership Development Program Will Strengthen Child Health Advocacy The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies are proud to introduce the Children’s Health Leadership Network, a new leadership development program to strengthen the field of state-based advocates for children’s health policy. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Nate Balis on What’s Next for Juvenile Justice Reforms With more than 15 years of experience in juvenile justice, social policy and system reform, Nate Balis directs the Foundation's Juvenile Justice Strategy Group. For Five Questions with Casey, we sat down with Balis as his team launches a three-day conference for more than 900 juvenile justice reformers involved with the Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI). Read More
