Civic Site Staff Talk Inclusive Community Planning in National Series Atlanta Civic Site staff shared their community-building principles and vision for making sure those most affected by community issues are part of the conversation — and the solutions — as part of an Orton Family Foundation conference call series. Read More
Atlanta’s Early Learning and Literary Resource Center to Partner with Educare The Atlanta Civic Site's Early Learning and Literacy Resource Center (ELLRC) at the Dunbar Learning Complex is partnering with Educare Learning Network to become Educare Atlanta. Read More
Progress in the Georgia Campaign for Grade-Level Reading A brief summary of the November 2012 session on childhood literacy in Georgia hosted by Casey's Atlanta Civic Site. Read More
MOMS Partnership Unveils Community Hub for Mothers in New Haven Grocery Store New Haven's MOMS Partnership opens a location in a local grocery store to bring support services to low-income mothers. Read More
New Program in the Preservation of Pittsburgh Master Plan The Preservation of Pittsburgh Master Plan introduces a new demonstration program in Atlanta providing elderly and low-income homeowners with high-quality house repairs to bring their homes into code compliance. Read More
Help Kids Thrive by Focusing Child Welfare Casework on Family Permanence In A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency, the Casey Foundation describes how child welfare casework can do more to provide children with stable living situations and build children’s long-term family relationships. Read More
New Funds Limit Use of Detention Facilities for Massachusetts Youth and Expand JDAI A new grant from the Lookout Foundation has been awarded to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services. This grant will help deliver JDAI’s mission to decrease the length of stay in detention for low-risk youth and reduce the racial and ethnical disparities within the juvenile justice system. JDAI’s work will expand at the county level across Massachusetts. Read More
Foundation Launches Partnership To Move Results for Maryland "Opportunity Youth" The Casey Foundation and the Maryland Governor’s Office for Children are launching a results-based leadership program aimed at improving academic and employment outcomes for youth ages 16 to 24 who are neither in school nor working. Read More
McCarthy: “Let Us Be the Leaders Who Witness the Closing of the Last Training School” Annie E. Casey Foundation President and CEO Patrick McCarthy delivered the keynote address at the 2010 Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-site Conference. Read More
Ensuring Georgia's Children Are Strong Readers Leaders across Georgia are joining with the Georgia Campaign for Grade-Level Reading to develop an action plan aimed at getting every child in the state to read proficiently by the end of third grade. Read More
