The Percentage of Adults Earning a Bachelor’s Degree is on the Rise Higher educational attainment — earning a bachelor’s degree or above — is becoming more commonplace among Americans between the ages of 25 and 34, according to new data on the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Supporting Working Parents = Supporting Stronger Families In today’s economy, achieving financial stability often requires all available parents to work. To this end, we must ensure that child care is affordable and that parents can earn family supporting wages. Read More
Leadership Development Program Improving Children’s Health Advocacy Together, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies are directing and funding intensive training for some of the top child health advocates from throughout the nation in improving health outcomes for children. 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
Former Casey CEO Doug Nelson Honored for Leadership As part of its 25-year anniversary celebration, Living Cities recently recognized leaders, including the Casey Foundation's former president and chief executive officer, working to eliminate racial disparity and empower others to break down racial barriers. Read More
New Report Recommends Actions to Replace the Youth Prison Model Harvard Kennedy School’s Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management and the National Institute of Justice today released a new report with recommendations for a common-sense, bipartisan approach to halt the heavy reliance on incarcerating young people. Read More
The Case for Rebuilding America’s Juvenile Justice System Casey’s Lisa Hamilton recently spoke with Liz Ryan of Youth First about what’s wrong with America’s prevailing juvenile justice system, what a better system looks like, and how we can help states end their reliance on youth prisons and incarcerating kids. Read More
Using What Works Series: New Strategic Financing Webinar Recording and Tools In the latest webinar in the Using What Works series highlighting tools of the Casey Foundation’s Evidence2Success framework, experts described the components of a strategic financing plan for programs proven to work for children and families and new financing approaches being adopted around the country. Read More
Leading With Evidence: Documenting Progress With Data and Evaluation The Casey Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation recently brought together child welfare administrators and researchers from across the country for a two-day symposium to build evidence-based strategies that imporove outcomes for children, families, and communities. Read More
Experts Talk Developing a Model for Extended Foster Care and Re-Entry Policies The final webinar in a six-part series explores key components of a youth-engaging extended foster care system, includng model programs, policies in various states and reform plans. Read More
