Exploring Community-Based Approaches to Youth Mental Health Care This session outlines strategies for creating more resilient communities that support the mental well-being of young people. Watch this webinar. 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
Tarsha Jackson Receives Bimel Award for her Contributions to Detention Reform Parent-turned-advocate Tarsha Jackson received the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Natalie S. Bimel Award for her efforts to ensure the inclusion of families in detention reform efforts. Jackson, the coordinator of Texas Families of Incarcerated Youth, received the honor in Houston during JDAI’s 2012 Intersite Conference in April. Read More
A National Partnership to Strengthen Child Care Systems A national partnership aims to increase access to high-quality, affordable child care. Learn about Casey's role in this effort. Read More
Town Halls in Georgia Show the Needs of Youth in Foster Care Since 2016, Multi-Agency Alliance for Children in Georgia has facilitated town halls with local youth from foster care and foster parents. The goal? Hear from people as a way to guide improvements. Read More
JDAI Expands Focus to "Deep End" of Juvenile System The Annie E. Casey Foundation is planning an expanstion of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) aimed at significantly reducing commitments to youth corrections centers and other residential through policy, practice, and program reforms at state and local levels. Read More
Webinar: Young People Share Insights on Getting and Keeping Youth Involved in Programs A Foundation webinar offers young people’s perspectives on youth engagement and retention strategies — what it took to get them involved in programs and what kept them away. 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
Five Questions with Casey: Tracey Feild on the Need to Reform Child Welfare Funding Tracey Feild, director and manager of the Child Welfare Strategy Group, discusses child welfare funding reform. 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
