Report Describes the Racial Wealth Gap — and How to Start Closing It A report from the Aspen Institute examines how debt affects households of color. Read how it fuels America’s racial wealth gap. Read More
Enhancing Conversations Between Employers and Workforce Professionals A Casey-funded report explores conversations between workforce professionals and employers about job and training opportunities for young people. Read More
What Are Community Schools? Community schools better support kids and families, addressing barriers like limited resources and absenteeism more effectively than traditional schools. Read More
41.5 Million People Received Food Stamps in 2021 The number of individuals receiving food stamps rose sharply from 2019 to 2021. Read how this uptick impacts kids. Read More
Podcast Explores Proposed SOUL Family Permanency Option Learn how former foster youth and their yearning for legal, loving and lifelong relationships led to a new permanency option called SOUL Family. Read More
Nearly Four in 10 Kids Are Involved in Maltreatment Investigations by Age 18 By the time U.S. kids reach adulthood, 37% have crossed paths with Child Protective Services as potential victims of maltreatment, according to a new study pubilshed in the American Journal of Public Health. Read More
Team Decision Making: A Better Way To Assess Child Safety Team decision making is a departure from traditional child welfare practice. It brings together parents, family, community members and others to assess the situation and determine how best to keep the child safe. Read More
Judge William Thorne on the History and Healing of American Indian Families Lisa Hamilton interviews William Thorne Jr., a member of the Pomo and Coast Miwok Indian tribes and a retired juvenile justice judge with 34 years of experience in tribal and state courts. Their conversation explores how past federal policies have harmed American Indian children and what these communities are doing to help their own families heal. Read More
Survey: A Pandemic High for the Number of Black Youth in Juvenile Detention A survey of youth justice agencies finds the population of Black youth in juvenile detention on Feb. 1, 2021, reached a pandemic high. Learn more. Read More
How to Fund Best Practices in Child Welfare Tracey Field and Patrick McCarthy discussed policy recommendations to support best practices in child welfare at a 2013 briefing on Capitol Hill. Read More
