Partnering With Expectant and Parenting Youth to Strengthen Communities Through authentic youth engagement, young people can use their unique experiences to shape better futures for those transitioning from foster care to adulthood. Toward that end, it is important to include the perspectives of expectant and parenting youth, who may have scheduling and day care needs, among others. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Scot Spencer Talks Community-Based Work and Baltimore’s Successes As associate director of advocacy and influence, Scot Spencer works to advance strategies that create more opportunities for kids and families in low-income communities to succeed. He also coordinates efforts to spur community and economic development in the Foundation’s hometown of Baltimore. Read More
How Two JDAI Sites Are Accelerating Youth Justice Reforms During the Pandemic In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, juvenile justice systems across the country have reduced their use of unnecessary youth confinement — an outcome long advocated for by Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read More
Research on Summer Programs Sheds Light on Employment and Well-Being for Youth Two recent studies outline how summer youth employment programs can be expanded to better develop job skills and advance equity and opportunity for young people. Read More
Integrating Trauma-Responsive Services Into Programs for Youth Earlier this month, Casey hosted a webinar highlighting practical tools and solutions for integrating trauma-responsive practices into youth programs. Read More
Immigrants in Rural Areas — a Growing Group — Face Unique Challenges A new paper by the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy finds that immigrants living in rural communtieis are unlike their rural native-born and urban immigrant counterparts in a host of ways. Read More
Report: Deep Disparities Between Baltimore’s Black and White Workers In Baltimore, African-American workers are disconnected from jobs that provide family-sustaining wages and opportunities for advancement, according to a new report from the nonprofit Associated Black Charities. Read More
In Their Best Interest: Placing Kids in Families From the Start Research shows that families are essential to a child’s healthy development. Additionally, federal law requires that children removed from their homes are placed in the least restrictive setting possible — the setting most like a family. Yet a recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report found that 4 out of 10 children in group placements had no reason warrenting such a restrictive setting. Read More
Lessons From New York City’s Efforts to Close Youth Prisons The growing number of states and counties looking to replace youth incarceration with more effective community-based services and support have much to learn from New York’s successes and missteps, according to a new case study funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read More
More Children Living in Single-Parent Families In 2013, 35% of U.S. children (24.6 million) lived in single-parent families, according to new data on the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More