Atlanta’s Dunbar Learning Complex: Lessons From a Two-Generation Approach Atlanta’s Dunbar Learning Complex is advancing an ambitious mission: To prepare children for kindergarten and have their health needs met while also helping parents secure family-supporting jobs and financially stability. And a new Annie E. Casey Foundation report — Helping Children and Parents Succeed Together — suggests that the complex is on the right track. Read More
Learn More: A Collection of Resources on Two-Generation Approaches Resources for those interested in learning more about ways to help parents and children succeed — together. Read More
Reducing Congregate Care: Worth the Fight Read about how the Annie E. Casey Foundation is working to support interventions that reduce congregate care from its current level of 16% of all foster care placements nationally to about 5 to 10% in the next five years and to move those children as quickly as possible toward lifelong family connections and permanent homes. Read More
2020 Census: Federal Funding — and Support for Kids — Tied to Census Count The 2020 census is at risk of shortchanging the nation’s official population count by more than 2 million kids younger than age 5, according to experts. It’s an error that could spur serious budgetary shortfalls that carry long-term consequences for children and families. Read More
Survey: 52% Drop in Admissions to Youth Detention in Two Months Matches Reduction Over 13 Years The rate of young people admitted to detention has fallen by 52% during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey of juvenile justice agencies in 33 states — equaling in two months a national decline that took 13 years. Read More
Using Strengths — and Challenges — to Measure Youth Well-Being A new report surveys what tools are available to help gauge the existing strengths in a young person's life. Learn more about this work. Read More
Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Reform in Georgia There are some changes coming to the juvenile justice system in Georgia. A recent law is the result of the work of the Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform convened by the governor in 2011 and expanded in 2012 to include juvenile justice. Read More
Fellows Collaborate to Strengthen Family Financial Stability in Minnesota A public official, a community service provider and a child advocate — all members of the 2019–2021 class of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Children and Family Fellowship — have been working together to strengthen the financial stability of families and youth in Minnesota. Read More
Including Youth Leadership in Community Change Efforts Learn how young leaders encourage community change programs to give youth and young adults opportunities to drive social change. Read More
Youth Help Florida Lawyers Develop a Free Foster Care Rights App A mobile app helps child welfare professionals and youth in foster care stay better informed of legal rights. Learn more about the app. Read More
