New Jersey Becomes First State to Implement JDAI Statewide New Jersey is the first state to expand the Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative® (JDAI) to every county, marking a major milestone for the initiative. Read More
Five Steps to Hiring and Retaining Frontline Child Welfare Staff Child welfare agencies can struggle to assemble and retain frontline staff members needed to ensure that kids and families are safe and thriving. A new publication from the Annie E. Casey Foundation provides agency leaders with a blueprint for improving workforce practices through hiring and retaining the right people. Read More
Webinar Highlights What Caregivers Need to Know About Kinship Care The Casey Foundation is hosting a webinar on Oct. 16 for caregivers and the professionals who work with them. The free session will highlight lessons from Casey’s work on helping relatives navigate the emotional challenges of raising kin. Read More
Young Hawaiians Play Key Role in Passage of Foster Youth Bill of Rights Hawaii is home to a new law designed to support the well-being of youth in foster care. It’s a piece of legislation shaped by some key experts: young Hawaiians who have experienced the foster care system firsthand. Read More
Nebraska Families and Youth in Care Gain Financial Skills — and Hope — in 100 Days The Nebraska Children and Families Foundation recently lead a charge to strengthen the financial capabilities of low-income families and youth aging out of foster care in Sarpy County. Read More
Nebraska Receives $1 Million Grant to End Multigeneration Involvement in Foster Care Crossing paths with a public system sets off a discouraging domino effect for families — one that can persist for generations. Consider Nebraska, where 48% of young kids with foster care experience have at least one parent who also navigated a public system in their youth. The good news? Help is coming. Read More
That Scary Infant Mortality Rate? Here's What You Need to Know The 2015 infant mortality rate for babies born to Black mothers is alarmingly high. Read the specifics behind this statistic. Read More
Sandra Gasca-Gonzalez to Lead Foundation's Center for Systems Innovation The Casey Foundation has appointed Sandra Gasca-Gonzalez as vice president of its Center for Systems Innovation, overseeing national and state reform efforts in child welfare and juvenile justice. Read More
Sept. 18 Webinar: Six Factors to Consider When Evaluating Evidence-Based Programs On September 18, 2018, the Annie E. Casey and William T. Grant foundations will be hosting a webinar aimed at helping child welfare leaders use the Hexagon Tool to better select and install evidence-based programs that will benefit children and families. Read More
Who’s in Head Start? Three- and Four-Year-Olds Fill Programs Nationwide In 2016, the most recent full year of data on record, 1.1 million kids were enrolled in Head Start programs. Most of these children — nearly 76% — were three or four years old. Read More
