McCarthy Recognizes Key Source of Neighborhood Data In a speech to members of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, Foundation President and CEO Patrick McCarthy emphasized the importance of data in guiding decision making. His remarks underscored the essential role the partnership and its members play in providing reliable data and research in cities across the country. Read More
New Report: Young People in Foster Care on How States Can Remove Barriers to Normalcy In a Jim Casey Initiative report, young people from foster care provide recommendations for state child welfare agencies and policymakers that should help these youth achieve normalcy while in foster care. Read More
Community Matters Highlights Finance Strategies for Community Change Transforming low-income communities into places where families have the resources to thrive often requires a mix of public, private and philanthropic investments. This Community Matters webinar focuses on Casey's and the Calvert Foundation's unconventional approaches to financing community and economic development. Read More
Supporting Expectant and Parenting Youth in Foster Care and Their Children New York City and Sacramento County to implement comprehensive policies to address the needs of expectant and parenting youth in foster care and their children. Read More
Why Parents Having Health Insurance is Good for American Families In the United States, the proportion of parents without health insurance has dropped 39% in just six years. Today, 11% of parents — 6.4 million men and women — are without health coverage. Read More
Atlanta Community Investment Fund Seeks 2014 Grant Applicants Through the 2014 Atlanta Community Investment Fund, the Foundation provides small grants to organizations and resident networks. Read More
Community Matters to Focus on Innovative, Community-Driven Approach to Development in Baltimore The next webinar in Casey's Community Matters series will share the story of a community-driven effort to reclaim and reinvest in East Baltimore's Oliver neighborhood. Read More
New Study Supports the Value of Evidence Reviews A new research article, published by Evaluation Review, focuses on the use of evidence reviews as a tool in helping planners and policymakers advance social science strategies and programs. 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
Expanding Choices for Evidence-Based Programming With support from the Foundation, Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development has expanded its offering of evidence-based programs designed to promote positive youth development to communities that want to implement rigorously reviewed programs but cannot find one that fits their particular needs. Read More
