Event to Explore Promising Approaches, Practices Addressing Youth Unemployment The Foundation is cohosting a conference early next month with the Federal Reserve Banks of Cleveland and Philadelphia on emerging strategies to connect young people ages 16 to 24 with employment opportunities. Read More
Patrick McCarthy on Supreme Court's United States v. Texas Decision Casey Foundation President & CEO Patrick McCarthy offers his reflections on the recent Supreme Court decision blocking President Obama's executive order on immigration and what it means for children and families. Read More
Modest Progress on Child Poverty Preceded the COVID-19 Pandemic In 2019, 12 million children nationwide — 17% of America’s kids — were living in poverty. See how this statistic has changed over the years. Read More
With Casey Foundation Consultants, Delaware Bolsters Child Welfare Outcomes A return to their social work roots. That’s how caseworkers in Delaware’s state-run child welfare agency describe the results of a three-year improvement effort presented in Crisis and Opportunity in Delaware — a new Casey Foundation case study. Read More
Webinar Recording: Strengthening Child Welfare Agency Permanency Practices Listen to the final webinar installment in a three-part series exploring key components of Casey’s publication, 10 Practices: A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency. Read More
Nearly 700,000 More Kids Living in Low-Income Working Families Low-income working families with kids now make up 23% of the American public. This statistic has risen 3% — and 674,000 kids — since 2008. Read More
Year-End Giving Tips for Year-Round Impact The High Impact Year-End Giving Guide can help individuals as well as organizations with due diligence on their end-of-year charitable giving. The guide — developed by the Center for High Impact Philanthropy — presents good opportunities, free resources and global suggestions for securing the most impact from your philanthropic dollars. Read More
New Resources: Developing an Infrastructure for Two-Generation Work A Casey webinar discussed a new brief that examines how seven sites across the country are evolving to address parent and child needs at the same time. Read More
Janelle Williams to Manage Evaluation, Research and Operations Read about Janelle Williams, a former congressional fellow set to manage the evaluation, research and operations of Casey's Atlanta Civic Site. Read More
New SSIR Case Study Shares Three Communications Lessons of KIDS COUNT In a new case study for the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), Casey Foundation President & CEO Patrick McCarthy and Vice President for External Affairs Lisa Hamilton share three communications insights gained from the Foundation’s long-standing KIDS COUNT platform. Read More
