Using Storytelling to Help More Baltimoreans Get Jobs In Baltimore City, the storytelling campaign, Work.Better.Together, aims to create a more equitable workforce system — one that affords all residents the dignity of work and hope for the future. 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 Ohio Went From Investing in Youth Prisons to Investing in Youths’ Futures In the past two decades, Ohio has slashed its state youth prison population by more than 80% while boosting public safety, improving youth outcomes and saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. A new report documents these successes and shares key findings and recommendations. Read More
A Closer Look: The Generation Work Partnership in Seattle This post examines the unique challenges and opportunities of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Generation Work partnership in Seattle. It is part of a series that is devoted to checking in on each of the five Generation Work sites. Read More
The Casey Foundation’s Accomplishments in 2018 A new infographic highlights the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s work in 2018 to develop solutions aimed at helping all kids realize their potential. Read More
Community In-Site Podcast Debuts A Casey-funded podcast provides communities insight on how to reduce child welfare system involvement. Learn more. Read More
Case Studies Underscore the Importance of Using Evidence to Develop Practice and Policy Three new case studies funded by the Annie E. Casey and William T. Grant foundations show how evidence can be used to improve program delivery ― and why it should be used to develop good policy. 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
Helping Schools Support Social-Emotional Learning With Evidence-Based Programs A new brief from the Annie E. Casey Foundation highlights nine practical strategies for helping school leaders, administrators and teachers implement and sustain evidence-based Social-Emotional Learning programs for their students. Read More
Casey Supports National Campaign to Stop Solitary for Kids The Foundation is supporting the Stop Solitary for Kids campaign to end solitary confinement of youth in juvenile and adult facilities in the United States. Read More