Report Identifies Ways to Bolster Financial Coaching A new report urges funders to boost financial coaching by promoting inclusion, digital tools and stronger data and outcomes tracking. Learn more. Read More
LEAP Fellowship Seeks to Boost Engagement, Leadership for Young People The Casey Foundation selected the first cohort of 10 young-adult fellows who will support Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP). Learn more. Read More
A Closer Look: The Generation Work Partnership in Philadelphia This post checks in on Casey’s Generation Work ™ partnership in Philadelphia, which seeks to expand job opportunities for the city’s 18- to 29-year-olds. 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 advance equity and opportunity for young people. Learn more. Read More
Most Kids Exit Foster Care to Live with Parents, Relatives and Guardians In 2013, a total of 238,547 children exited the foster care system. Two out of three (66%) of those exiting care were either reunified with their parents or primary caretakers, other relatives or guardians; and 21% were adopted. Read More
External Forces Affect Efforts to Serve Parents and Children Together Reports show how communities in Casey’s Family-Centered Community Change™ initiative address housing, education and transport to aid families. Read More
Partnering With Expectant and Parenting Youth to Strengthen Communities Authentic youth engagement helps shape better futures for foster youth by including voices of expectant and parenting young people. Learn more. Read More
I Was a Kid in Solitary Confinement At 16, Alyssa B. was sent to prison. Her story sheds light on what justice-involved youth truly need to change their lives. Read More
Bringing Culture to Implementation: The Tribal REDI Pilot Study Researchers are partnering with tribal communities in South Dakota on a pilot program that introduces an evidence-based intervention for young children that also incorporates a strong cultural component. Read More
Casey Helps Students Get Frontline Experience Working in Juvenile Justice Policy and Advocacy This summer, thanks to a program supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Florida interned with national juvenile justice policy and advocacy organizations. All five students who completed the program worked on the frontlines — and on the national stage — in the fields of juvenile justice advocacy and reform. Read More
