McCarthy Endorses Community Efforts to Support Youth in Transition As keynote speaker at the Winston-Salem Foundation's annual luncheon, Patrick McCarthy championed community leadership in supporting vulnerable youth. Read More
Students Who Don’t Read Well in Third Grade Are More Likely to Drop Out or Fail to Finish High School Students who don’t read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to leave high school without a diploma than proficient readers. Read More
Tech Solutions for Pressing Human Services Problems Casey Foundation Board Chair Michael Eskew, and past presidents Patrick McCarthy and Douglas Nelson, spoke at the Symposium of the Future of Child Welfare. Read More
Connecticut City Launches Local Campaign for Grade-Level Reading New Britain’s Campaign for Grade-Level Reading supports kids ages 0-8 to boost the district’s third-grade reading levels — the lowest in Connecticut. Read More
Casey Works to Make Evidence-Based Practice the Norm Learn how the Casey Foundation drives evidence-based practice in child welfare, system reform, and health and well-being. Read More
New Casey Web Tool May Transform Case Management in Child Welfare Learn about Casebook, an app that adopts social networking tools to help child welfare professionals serve children and families more effectively. Read More
McCarthy: “Let Us Be the Leaders Who Witness the Closing of the Last Training School” Former Casey Foundation President & CEO Patrick McCarthy gave the keynote at the 2010 Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-site Conference. Read More
The Missouri Model: Worthwhile Reform Benefits Youth and States A new report finds the Missouri Model in juvenile justice boosts public safety and youth outcomes with no extra taxpayer cost. Learn more. Read More
"Upside Down" Report Calls for Equitable Tax Subsidies A new study shows more than half of the $400 billion spent by the U.S. in FY2009 on wealth-building strategies benefited the nation’s wealthiest 5%. Read More
Pursuit of the Dream: Building Credit for Life This video explains how poor credit harms families and offers tips for building good scores while avoiding money traps. Read More
