Close to One in Three Kids Are Screened for Developmental Delays In 2015-2016, 30% of children under the age of 6 — 2.6 million kids across the United States — are screened for developmental delays. Read More
Watch Our Webinar: Transformational Relationships and Youth Success A new webinar hosted by the Casey Foundation explores transformational relationships and the role that these connections can play in supporting youth success. Read More
Book Shares Insights Culled From an Inspiring Career Serving Children and Families A new book, authored by the now-retired CEO of KVC Health Systems, offers lessons learned after more than three decades of leading efforts to enhance the lives of children and families across the nation. Read More
Three in 10 U.S. Kids are Overweight or Obese In 2015-2016, 31% of U.S. children ages 10 to 17 were categorized as overweight or obese. Read More
Child Welfare Professionals Weigh in on ARC Reflections Child welfare professionals and agency leaders have embraced ARC Reflections, a new skill-building curriculum from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Justice Resource Institute that helps foster parents, kin and other caregivers support children who have experienced trauma. Read More
Momentum Builds in States to End the Youth Prison Model America’s longstanding youth prison model — which emphasizes compliance, control and punishment — exacerbates youth trauma and inhibits positive growth while failing to enhance public safety. Not surprisingly, this model is fading across the nation. Read More
Keeping the Family Conversation Alive: Supporting Permanence Among Youth in Foster Care A new handout by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative shares recommendations for promoting permanence among young people in foster care. This advice utilizes the latest research on adolescent brain development and apply even for young people who may have given up on the idea of legally joining a permanent family. Read More
Improving Foster Care for Young People of Color Social, systemic and structural barriers create disparate and disheartening outcomes for young people of color in foster care. Learn how the Annie E. Casey Foundation and its Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative are pushing for better strategies and fairer outcomes. Read More
Funders Provide $3.3 Million Boost to Summer Programs for Baltimore Youth Eleven charitable organizations, including the Annie E. Casey Foundation, have joined together to provide more than $3.3 million in support for the Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative. Read More
Campaign Puts Racial Equity in the Center of the Social Sector Diverse leadership makes nonprofits more effective, according to research. Yet, in the nonprofit sector today, just 10% of CEOs and board chairs and 16% of board members are people of color. Leveling this professional playing field involves building organizational cultures in the social sector that place racial equity at the center of internal operations and external programing. Read More
