Lutheran Services in America Advances Measurable Results for Kids Lutheran Services in America recently tapped the Casey Foundation’s expertise in results-based leadership (RBL) to enhance the impact of its work on behalf of vulnerable children and families. Read More
U.S. Chamber Foundation Offers Tools for Employers to Expand Job Access Two publications provide recommendations and tools to help employers, educational institutions and workforce organizations work together to expand job and career opportunities for people who historically have faced barriers to entering professions. Read More
Single Parents Raising More Than a Third of U.S. Kids 2014 KIDS COUNT statistics suggest that single-parent households are growing more common across America as 35% of the country's kids live in single-parent homes. Read More
Completing the Fellowship Journey and Achieving Results Fifteen outstanding leaders from across the nation recently completed the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Children and Family Fellowship, an intensive 21-month leadership program for senior social-sector executives. Read More
Parents as Advocates: Influencing Policymakers to Improve Public Policies for Families Any effort to improve the lives of low-income families should include those families in discussions about overcoming the challenges they face. As experts on their situation, families — more specifically, parents — should have a place at the table in crafting solutions to their problems. A new report from Community Organizing and Family Issues captures how parents play an active, hands-on role in changing public policy and systems to benefit their children, families and communities as a whole. Read More
Juvenile Justice Resources: Webinar Recordings to Improve Practice JDAIconnect hosts free webinars to share knowledge within the field. The one-hour webinars are coordinated by JDAI’s training partner and span a range of subjects from JDAI core strategies such as expediting case processing to newer initiatives to engage young people in system reform. Read More
Register: Webinar to Explore Job Training for Youth With Justice Involvement The Casey Foundation will host a webinar on Mar. 3, 2021, on meaningful collaboration between professionals in the federal workforce development system and the juvenile justice system. Read More
New York City Youth to be Shifted out of State-Run Facilities Governor Cuomo's "Close to Home" proposal will send New York City youth who were previously to non-secure or limited-secure care closer to their families in city-based residential and community-based programs. Read More
Youth Correctional Leaders Launch Campaign to Close Juvenile Prisons Nearly 50 leaders of juvenile justice agencies across the country have issued a joint call to close the nation’s remaining youth prisons and replace them with more effective interventions. Read More
Identifying COVID-19-Related Issues With Census Data on Youth and Families The COVID-19 pandemic impacted how the federal government collected data on the well-being of children and families. Learn more in a new brief. Read More
