Foundation Seeks Grant Proposals for Juvenile Probation Research Projects The Annie E. Casey Foundation is requesting proposals for two research projects that will inform efforts to transform juvenile probation. Learn more about these proposals. Read More
More Children With Parents Who Lack Secure Employment Compared to 2008, 3 million more children in 2013 lived with parents who lacked secure employment. Despite this overall increase, there has been a steady decline from 2010 to 2013. Read More
Children in Immigrant Families Less Likely to Be Financially Secure Although they are more likely to have parents with full-time year-round employment, kids in immigrant families are more likely to live in low-income working families than their U.S.-born counterparts (37% vs. 22%). Read More
Federal Grant Gives Evidence2Success Efforts in Utah a Boost The Kearns Community Coalition, which is implementing the Casey Foundation's Evidence2Success framework in Salt Lake County, Utah, has received a major boost: a five-year, $625,000 grant from the Office of National Drug Control to curb alcohol and e-cigarette use among teens. Read More
Juvenile Detention Reform in Baltimore in the Year of Freddie Gray Baltimore, MD, instituted key improvements in juvenile detention reform with help from Casey's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, including major changes during a tumultuous 2015 after the race-related events surroundingthe tragic death of Freddie Gray. Read More
Craving Opportunity: Baltimore Youth Describe What They Need For a Better Future A new report shares insights from nearly six dozen interviews with Baltimore youth about their experiences following the city’s 2015 unrest after Freddie Gray’s death. Read More
Equipping Young People in Foster Care to Manage Their Finances Youth who leave foster care often say lacking basic knowledge about finances is a major hurdle they encounter as they transition to adulthood. A new federal requirement calls for child welfare agencies to order annual credit reports for all youth in foster care, which has created a unique set of challenges for agencies with little knowledge of credit issues. A number of resources are available to help agencies implement the requirement and build the knowledge and skills of all youth and young adults in foster care so they can successfully manage their finances. Read More
David Koch Moves to San Francisco Adult Probation David Koch was named as the chief deputy adult probation officer for San Francisco's Adult Probation Department in June 2011. Read More
Which Kids Run the Greatest Risk of Multiple Adverse Experiences? In 2015-2016, 22% of children in the United States had multiple adverse experiences. Read More
New Jersey Racks Up Impressive Changes in Safely Reducing Juvenile Detention New Jersey is gaining recognition for its efforts to lower the unnecessary use of detention for the states' youth. Read More