Atlanta's Sheltering Arms Leads Project to Expand Use of Two-Generation Strategies in Three States A new three-year project funded by the Buffett Early Childhood Fund will support the use of strategies to create opportunites for children and their parents to succeed together at Educare schools in Arizona, Louisiana and Maine. Read More
How Many U.S. Kids Have Special Health Care Needs? In the United States today, 14 million children under the age of 18 have special health care needs. Read More
Expanded Partnership Seeks Proposals for Summer Programs Serving Baltimore Youth Baltimore’s largest charitable funders are teaming up, for the second year, to create new summer learning opportunities for city youth. Read More
New Guide Helps Leaders Advocate for SNAP E&T Programs Seattle Jobs Initiative, with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, has released the SNAP E&T Advocates Guide, which serves as a blueprint for leaders interested in helping states develop and expand skills-based SNAP E&T programs. Read More
Child Maltreatment Rates Increase In 2011, approximately 663,000 children experienced maltreatment, with younger children being included in this group at an increasing rate. Read More
Webinar on Essential Ingredients for Lasting Community Change An Dec. 10 webinar hosted by the Center for the Study of Social Policy focuses on the core capacities needed to achieve lasting community change, drawing from the experiences of communities that participated in Casey's Making Connections initiative. Read More
Indiana Begins Journey Toward JDAI Statewide Expansion Juvenile justice stakeholders in Indiana reflect on reduced rates of youth detention in local JDAI sites and look forward to a statewide expansion of the initiative. Read More
Video Captures Promise of Southwest Atlanta's Pittsburgh Neighborhood video-captures-promise-of-southwest-atlantas-pittsburgh-neighborhood Read More
Juan Sanchez Receives Award for Leadership of Southwest Key Juan Sanchez recieved an award for best nonprofit leader during the Austin Business Journal's Best CEO awards. Juan Sanchez is the founder and CEO of the Texas-based youth-serving organization Southwest Key, a Casey partner. 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