Webinar on Essential Ingredients for Lasting Community Change An Dec. 10 webinar hosted by the Center for the Study of Social Policy focuses on the core capacities needed to achieve lasting community change, drawing from the experiences of communities that participated in Casey's Making Connections initiative. Read More
Two Organizations Help a Young Man Move From Homeless to Career Path Ian was homeless and stuck working temp jobs he didn’t love. Cue two organizations — Youth Empowered Society and JARC Baltimore — that helped the 24-year-old from Baltimore City get back on his feet and connected to a career in the building and construction industry. Read More
Jumpstarting Policy Conversations That Address Racial Inequities To get people talking, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has developed “It’s Time to Talk: How to Start Conversations About Racial Inequities.” In this report, the Foundation’s KIDS COUNT state partners in Nebraska, Wisconsin and Washington tell how thoughtful, data-driven community dialogue can move the needle toward equity and inspire leaders to convene conversations on race in their own jurisdictions. Read the Race for Results report Read More
More Than a Million Older Teens Aren’t Working or In School Teens who leave school and do not enter the workforce are more likely to face a rougher road en route to adulthood, according to research. Read More
McCarthy Speaks at Community and Diversity in American Life Colloquium Former Casey President Patrick McCarthy spoke at the Community & Diversity in American Life Forum, focusing on how to strengthen families and communities. Read More
One in Five U.S. Kids Lives in a Food Insecure Home Nearly 15 million children — or 20% of all U.S. kids — lived in households that, at some point during 2014, did not have enough food for everyone in their home. Read More
Better Decisions for Better Results Featured on Podcast In a recent episode, the inSocialWork podcast featured Casey’s Better Decisions for Better Results to highlight the importance of frontline casework. Read More
Young Leaders Shape Casey’s Latest Results Count Offering The Casey Foundation looked to young adults to help shape its leadership development program for emerging professionals. Learn about the effort. Read More
APA Reinforces Casey’s Vision for Juvenile Probation Transformation An APA journal article backs Casey’s call to reform juvenile probation, citing two jurisdictions with major progress. Read more. Read More
More Teens With High School Diploma Most states see improvement in high school graduation rates. Read More
