Podcast Archive

Two Social Justice Champions Receive Bimel Award

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has named Lynn Ausley, a member of the Juvenile Court Family Council in Pierce County, Washington, and Frankie Guzman, director of the California Youth Justice Initiative at the National Center for Youth Law, as its 2019 Natalie S. Bimel Award recipients.

New Lead Agency Helms Jim Casey Initiative’s Mississippi Site

A new lead partner agency, Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth, helms the Jim Casey Youth site in Mississippi. The nonprofit joins 17 other lead partner agencies across the Jim Casey Youth network.

Child Poverty Declines After Peaking in 2011

After the Great Recession, the nation's child poverty rate increased steadily, peaking at 23% in 2011. Since then, the rate has been on a slow decline and, in 2015, reached its lowest level in five years, at which point one out of every five children lived in poverty.

Results-Based Leadership Development Helps Promise Neighborhoods Deliver Results in Mississippi

For four years, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has played a key role in nine Promise Neighborhoods efforts by providing its signature results-based leadership to assist these communities in achieving results for children from cradle to career.

Youth Lead Efforts to End Homelessness in Atlanta and Baltimore

The Casey Foundation funds youth-led efforts to end homelessness in Atlanta and Baltimore. Read about these programs.

Community Connections for Youth Earns Casey's 2017 Gloria J. Jenkins Award

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has named a New York City-based nonprofit, Community Connections for Youth, as its 2017 Gloria J. Jenkins Award winner. The award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to detention reform by a community-based organization, is named after community activist Gloria J. Jenkins.