Kansas Enacts New Permanency Option for Older Youth in Foster Care Kansas is the first in the nation to allow a SOUL Family legal permanency option to help older youth in foster care to form legal families. Read more. Read More
National Hispanic Heritage Month This National Hispanic Heritage Month, we examine child well-being via data from the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Review the latest data. Read More
United Way's Suzanne McCormick on Serving Communities During the Pandemic Casey's Lisa Hamilton chats with Suzanne McCormick, U.S. president of United Way Worldwide about United Way’s support of communities during the pandemic. Read More
Workforce Development Programs That Work for Youth With Justice-System Experience Learn about common features of quality community-based workforce development programs for youth with criminal or juvenile records. Read More
Complete College America Helping Black Community College Students Complete College America works with community colleges to support programs and boost retention for students who suffered setbacks due to the pandemic. Read More
Georgia Lawmaker Stacey Abrams Tells How State Policymaking Can Help Families and Kids Succeed In this episode of CaseyCast, host Lisa Hamilton talks with Stacey Abrams, minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, about the role of state policymaking in improving the lives of children and families. Read More
David Muhammad on Reinventing Juvenile Probation In this CaseyCast: Casey President Lisa Hamilton talks with David Muhammad about juvenile probation, youth development and support kids need to thrive. 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
TST-FC: Helping Caregivers Understand Trauma’s Impact on Children To help foster parents understand kids in their care, keep kids from moving from one foster home to another and reduce turnover among caregivers, the Foundation has supported development of Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care (TST-FC). Read More
Resources to Help Young Workers Through the Economic Crisis The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an economic crisis and a grim employment landscape for young workers. Read More
