Blog Archive

Helping Universities Promote Economic Inclusion: A Step-by-Step Guide

Drexel University offers a guide to help universities and other institutions expand jobs, increase wealth and boost wages for low-income people of color.

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.

JDAI Practices Ease Flow of Committed Youth to State Corrections and Sustain Lower Populations

Learn how Texas and Louisiana reduced their youth corrections populations through systemic realignment, downsizing their juvenile institutions.

Cultivating Thriving Communities: A Conversation with Ryan Chao

An interview with Ryan Chao, Casey's vice president for Civic Sites and Community Change.

Five Questions with Casey: Kweku Forstall and the Atlanta Civic Site

As director of the Atlanta Civic Site team, Kweku Forstall oversees programs, investments and partnerships to increase educational and economic opportunities for children, families and communities in several southwest Atlanta neighborhoods.

Making Better Decisions About Kids and Families in Child Welfare

Making good decisions is crucial to the success of a child welfare agency and the outcomes of the kids and families served. In A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency, the Casey Foundation shows how strong public agencies perform this important function.

Register: Conducting a Fiscal Analysis to Implement Family First Prevention Services Act

A Casey Foundation webinar introduced a guide for child welfare leaders to plan fiscal approaches to implement the Family First Prevention Services Act.

Webinar Series to Highlight 10 Practices of High-Performing Child Welfare Agencies

Casey is offering a three-part webinar series in 2016 that highlights the lessons from high-performing child welfare agencies. The webinars will be held in January, April and June. Registration is required.

Community Matters Webinar Explores Ways to Expand Economic Opportunity Locally

The East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative is the largest urban redevelopment effort in Baltimore in decades. A major priority of the initiative was to increase economic opportunity through job creation and contract opportunities for local, minority and women-owned businesses. This webinar explores and highlights the project’s efforts and achievements to that end, as well as similar endeavors underway in New Orleans.