Incarceration’s Toll on Communities Casey’s new KIDS COUNT report on parental incarceration, A Shared Sentence, highlights that children and families aren’t the only ones to experience stress and instability when a parent is behind bars — their communities also feel the blow. Read More
New Recruits Join Network Aimed at Promoting Diversity in Evaluation Sector The Casey Foundation has selected a new group of evaluators and researchers to join its network of evaluation experts from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups. 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
A Decade of Data: Kids in High-Poverty Communities Across the country, 14% of children are now living in high-poverty communities, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Adopting a Public Health Approach to Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Preventing child sexual abuse is necessary and needed and — in her TEDMED talk — expert Elizabeth Letourneau tells how. Read More
Connecting Sex Trafficking Survivors to Education and Jobs in Atlanta Survivors of sex trafficking face numerous barriers to education and employment. In Atlanta, a Casey grantee is providing services to help them. Learn how. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Gail Hayes on Early Childhood Education Gail Hayes, former director of Casey's Atlanta Civic Site, discusses efforts to deliver quality early childhood education at the state and national level. Read More
More Children in Foster Care Raised by Relatives in 2011 Data in recent years show that the percentage of children not living with their parents continues to rise. Read More
Apply for the 2018 Atlanta Community Investment Fund The Casey Foundation’s Community Investment Fund (CIF) is offering residents in several Southwest Atlanta communities a shot at receiving small grants that offer a big opportunity for lasting community change. Read More
Adapting the Model: Successful Two-Generation Program Sheds its Residential Approach What happens when a successful residential program for single mothers and their children tries expanding without one of its key features? The answer, articulated in a new study funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, spurs even more questions — plus important insights — about two-generation programming. Read More
