Casey Shares Insights From its Journey Toward Racial and Ethnic Equity and Inclusion Casey Foundation employees learned that their staff had transformed, in less than a decade, from a workforce that was 60% white to one that was nearly 60% people of color. A new document, Operationalizing Equity, examines how this evolution unfolded. 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
Photographer Richard Ross and Capturing the Experience of Juvenile Confinement Richard Ross is a professional photographer based in Santa Barbara, California, whose work has received numerous grants from philanthropic funders to continue his work capturing the plight of juveniles. Read More
Casey Seeks Grant Proposals for Trauma-Response Pilot in Atlanta The Casey Foundation is seeking proposals from community members interested in leading a trauma-response pilot in NPU-V through a grant of up to $60,000. The pilot would equip residents with violence prevention and intervention skills and other tools to improve neighborhood safety. Individuals, nonprofits and community-based organizations are welcome to apply. Read More
The Business Case for Economic Inclusion After intentionally shifting to support economic inclusion, Baltimore businesses have experienced stronger community ties and enhanced employee and client satisfaction. They’ve also seen workforce diversity increase — a change that has helped improve internal company decision-making, according to a new report from the Baltimore Integration Partnership. Read More
Annual JDAI Conference Celebrates Success The 19th JDAI Interstate Conference was held in April 2012 as a three-day event that included more that 40 workshops and also celebrated the initiative's past two decades of success. Read More
How Medicaid Can Help Child Welfare Systems Meet Kids’ Needs A new primer on Medicaid offers hands-on advice for child welfare leaders, Medicaid agencies and service providers who want to do a better job of collaborating to meet kids’ behavioral health needs. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Irene Lee and the Foundation's Work on Immigration Issues Irene Lee directs the Foundation’s work focused on ensuring individuals and families have access to economic opportunity and started our grant making around refugee and immigrant families. She sits down for Five Questions with Casey. Read More
Tools and Tips for Collecting and Analyzing Racial and Ethnic Data Access to racial and ethnic data provided by public institutions can often be too limited or too broad in scope to truly analyze inequities between children of color and their white counterparts. Alicia Van Orman, from the Population Reference Bureau, shared techniques for collecting publically-available data and disaggregating it by race during a webinar for the KIDS COUNT network. Read More
More than 20% of U.S. Kids Have Not Had Preventative Dental Care A healthy mouth helps children maintain better self-esteem, nutrition and overall health, according to experts. Yet, the likelihood that a child has teeth in excellent or very good condition varies nationwide. Read More
