Developing Future JDAI Leaders Has Big Payoff The Applied Leadership Network (ALN) provides an extensive leadership curriculum for future JDAI leaders to encourage new methods and skills to effectively lead detention reform in deeper and more meaningful ways. Read More
Baltimore’s Promise Launches Expanded Career Pathways Program CareerBound is a new school-to-career pipeline for young Baltimoreans. Learn about the initiative. Read More
Casey Endorses Extending Foster Care to Age 21 in Youth Today Op-Ed The potential to save society billions of dollars while giving young people in foster care what they need to thrive makes it imperative that more states consider extending foster care to age 21. This is the case that Leslie Gross, director of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, makes in a new op-ed. Read More
Rate of Kids Without Health Insurance Hits New Low The rate of children without health insurance fell from 8% in 2010 to a record low 4% in 2016. Despite this big-picture progress — one in which every major economic, racial and ethnic group saw child uninsured rates fall — disparities persist. Read More
New Leadership Development Program Will Strengthen Child Health Advocacy The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies are proud to introduce the Children’s Health Leadership Network, a new leadership development program to strengthen the field of state-based advocates for children’s health policy. Read More
New Federal Policies Could Reduce Racial Wealth Gap While Helping Families Build Savings The Annie E. Casey Foundation recommends federal policy changes to narrow the wide gap in savings between white families and families of color. Read More
Disparities Persist Among Young People Residing in Juvenile Justice Facilities in 2017 The juvenile justice system lost youth through 2017, but certain racial and ethnic groups remain overrepresented. Learn more about these youth. Read More
Making Saving Easy and Fun for Low-Income Families Commonwealth, a long-time Casey grantee, recently introduced Prize Savings, a new incentive that enables financially vulnerable Americans to build savings. Read More
A Place to Call Home in Atlanta’s Pittsburgh Neighborhood By the new year, Brandi Oates and her family expect to move into a renovated, nearly 1,700-square-foot home in Atlanta's Pittsburgh neighborhood. It is one of 53 houses that the Casey Foundation purchased to help increase homeownership in the area and transform it into an inclusive community where children and families can thrive. Read More
In Charlotte, Improving Economic Mobility Through Technology When Keith Clithero launched his Gig Connected web platform in 2018, he had an ambitious goal in mind: improve economic mobility in Charlotte, North Carolina. Read More