Juvenile Justice Network Seeks Advocates of Color for Youth Justice Leadership Institute The National Juvenile Justice Network is accepting applications for a yearlong leadership development curriculum focused on youth justice reform. Read More
What Are Status Offenses and Why Do They Matter? Young people are drawn into the juvenile justice system for behavior such as truancy and running away, known as juvenile status offenses. Learn more. Read More
Casey Funds Efforts to Expand State Tax Refunds for Young Workers Casey awarded $260,000 in grants to six organizations seeking to expand their states’ Earned Income Tax Credit benefits to cover more young workers. Read More
Children in Foster Care Increasingly Likely to Live in Families A Casey report, Keeping Kids in Families: Trends in U.S. Foster Care Placement, examines how placements for foster care youth have changed over 10 years. Read More
Data Snapshot Looks at Families and Kids in Foster Care In 2017, 86% of kids in foster care were placed with families — up 5 percentage points from 2007. Read about exceptions to this progress. Read More
In Colorado, Making Smarter Decisions About Child Welfare Investigations With Casey’s support, Jefferson County, CO improved early decision-making in child welfare when abuse or neglect is first suspected. Learn more. Read More
The Jim Casey Initiative Advances Results Count The Jim Casey Initiative is using Results Count to drive equitable, measurable change for youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood. Learn more. Read More
Three-Minute Video Explains How to Transform Juvenile Probation A short video produced by the Casey Foundation suggests how juvenile probation could get better outcomes for hundreds of thousands of young people. Read More
The Future of Workforce Development? Samaschool is Thinking Gig Gig jobs are rising. Casey President Lisa Hamilton and Sarah Currid discuss how low-income workers can use them to build stronger futures. Read More
Two Organizations Help a Young Man Move From Homeless to Career Path Ian, once homeless and stuck in temp jobs, found a path to a construction career with help from Youth Empowered Society (YES) and JARC Baltimore. Read More
