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
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
Webinar Series to Highlight 10 Practices of High-Performing Child Welfare Agencies Casey is offering a three-part webinar series in 2016 that highlights the lessons from high-performing child welfare agencies. The webinars will be held in January, April and June. Registration is required. Read More
Letters of Interest Sought for Low-Cost Randomized Control Trials The Annie E. Casey Foundation is joining the Laura and John Arnold Foundation in support of its expanded investment in identification and support of low-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to build evidence of programs that improve the lives of children and families. For 2016, the Arnold Foundation has released a new Request for Proposals. Letters of interest are due to the Arnold Foundation by March 1, 2016. Read More
New Online Collection of Resources on Youth and Young Adults Casey recently teamed up with Foundation Center to create a special collection of resources focused on the millions of young people ages 16–24 who are not in school or working — often called disconnected youth. Read More
JDAI interviews Thomas Brooks Thomas Brooks, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer in Harris County, Texas, talks to the Casey Foundation about his experience working with young people. Read More
JDAI Practices Ease Flow of Committed Youth to State Corrections and Sustain Lower Populations Texas and Louisiana have successfully reduced their youth corrections populations through systemic realignment, downsizing and shuttering of juvenile institutions. Read More
The PLACES Fellowship: A Decade of Advancing Racial Equity in Philanthropy Over the past decade, the PLACES Fellowship, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, has helped nearly 130 philanthropic professionals learn how to challenge longstanding inequities in their communities and within their own organizations. Read More
Making Better Decisions About Kids and Families in Child Welfare Making good decisions is crucial to the success of a child welfare agency and the outcomes of the kids and families served. In A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency, the Casey Foundation shows how strong public agencies perform this important function. Read More
Nebraska and New Mexico Embark on 100-Day Challenges for Young People Communities in Nebraska and New Mexico recently embarked on a community-driven, 100-day sprint to develop solutions aimed ensuring educational success and economic security for young people in or who have experienced foster care. Read More
