Six Lessons Learned From Successful Campaigns to Close Youth Prisons A report from Youth First Initiative shares key lessons learned from successful state campaigns to close youth prisons. Read More
Casebook Takes a Victory Lap UX Magazine recently recognized the Foundation-funded Casebook as a leader in experience design. Read More
Helping Funders Address Neighborhood Trauma and Violence Three leaders from the Annie E. Casey Foundation recently spoke at a national conference and shared early lessons learned from supporting trauma-response and violence-intervention efforts in Atlanta. Read More
Advocates Use Results-based Leadership Skills to Improve Policy for Kids Thirteen states have benefited from policy and advocacy efforts of the latest Leadership Institute for State-Based Advocates class. Among other achievements in helping children and families, the class increased early learning and child-care options, increased free breakfast and lunch for kids and enhanced job prospects for parents. Read More
Federal Grant to Build on Evidence2Success in Providence A five-year, $1.8 million grant was recently awarded to the Providence Children & Youth Cabinet for the Building Trauma Sensitive Schools initiative, which will seek to decrease post-traumatic stress disorder among middle-school students in neighborhoods with elevated levels of trauma. By the end of the grant period, the initiative will have served more than 3,000 adolescents. Read More
ESPN Film Chronicles Work of Santa Cruz Probation Officer Probation officer Gina Castaneda united rival gangs through soccer in South Santa Cruz — now featured in a short ESPN documentary. Learn more. 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
Supporting De’Jon With Opportunities to Reach His Potential Young people in trouble with the law need guidance, education and a support network to get back on track, not incarceration in adult-like prisons. A new video tells the story of a young man and two caring adults in his support network who connected him with the opportunities he needed. Read More
Town Halls in Georgia Show the Needs of Youth in Foster Care Since 2016, Multi-Agency Alliance for Children in Georgia has held town halls with foster care youth and parents to help guide improvements. Learn more. Read More
Second Year of Low-Cost RCT Competition Launched The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy has launched the second year of its three-year competition to select and fund promising low-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Read More
