Seeking Applicants for Boys and Men of Color Leadership Initiative in Atlanta The Boys and Men of Color Executive Director Collaboration Circle aims to help nonprofit leaders develop academic and economic opportunities for boys and men of color. The initiative is accepting applications through June 1, 2018. Read More
52% of Young Americans Are Not College Students or Graduates Education will play an increasingly important role in the future economy. Ensuring youth have access to higher education and training is more critical than ever. In 2015 — the latest full year in which data is available — only about one in every two youth, ages 18 to 24, was attending college or had already completed college. Read More
Report Highlights Family Leaders’ Fight for Change in Juvenile Justice This report by the Institute for Policy Studies exposes the devastation on families when they try partnering for their incarcerated kids traversing the juvenile justice system. Once seen as an afterthought, families now are emerging as savvy and determined leaders in a movement to transform the juvenile justice playing field. Read More
"Upside Down" Report Calls for Equitable Tax Subsidies A new study shows more than half of the $400 billion spent by the United States in FY2009 on wealth-building strategies benefited the nation’s wealthiest 5%. 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
Indiana Implements JDAI as its Platform for Continuous Juvenile Justice System Improvement Indiana has begun to make changes in their efforts to improve its juvenile justice system to better serve the state's youth, families and communities. Read More
More Americans Earning Bachelor’s Degrees and Higher Today, more Americans are earning higher levels of education, according to new data on the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Program Recruits Second Class to Build Pipeline of Diverse Leaders in Evaluation Field The Annie E. Casey Foundation is recruiting the next cohort of Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity. Applications are being accepted through April 14. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Cindy Guy on Data’s Newest Super Tool In this Five Questions edition, Casey’s Cindy Guy introduces a powerful tool — the Integrated Data System — and tells how it can inform social policy and program management to spur positive change for children and families. Read More
Evaluating Programs in Complex Systems: New Approaches Increasingly, human service programs that serve children and families together often are embedded in complex systems. Integrating these services that traditionally have been separate requires a new approach to evaluation as well. Read More