Foundation Honors YAP for Outstanding Contributions to Detention Reform The Casey Foundation named Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. as the recipient of its 2015 Gloria J. Jenkins Award for outstanding contributions to detention reform. Read More
Federal Grant to Build on Evidence2Success in Providence A five-year, $1.8 million grant was recently awarded to the Providence Children & Youth Cabinet for the Building Trauma Sensitive Schools initiative, which will seek to decrease post-traumatic stress disorder among middle-school students in neighborhoods with elevated levels of trauma. By the end of the grant period, the initiative will have served more than 3,000 adolescents. Read More
52% of Young Americans Are Not College Students or Graduates Education will play an increasingly important role in the future economy. Ensuring youth have access to higher education and training is more critical than ever. In 2015 — the latest full year in which data is available — only about one in every two youth, ages 18 to 24, was attending college or had already completed college. Read More
Percentage of Kids Living in Family-Owned Homes Rises — at Last Nearly 10 years after the peak of the Great Recession, homeownership for families appears to be rebounding. Learn more about this trend. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Tracey Feild on the Need to Reform Child Welfare Funding Tracey Feild, director and manager of the Child Welfare Strategy Group, discusses child welfare funding reform. Read More
Mortality Rates for Children Improved Across the Board In the past three decades, the United States has made across-the-board progress in improving the rates of mortality among children (from birth to age 19). Read More
Second Year of Low-Cost RCT Competition Launched The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy has launched the second year of its three-year competition to select and fund promising low-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Read More
Dec. 6 Webinar: Promoting Research-Practice Partnerships in Child Welfare On Dec. 6, 2018, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation will host a webinar that explores tools and resources for building effective partnerships between researchers and child welfare practitioners. Read More
Six Lessons Learned From Successful Campaigns to Close Youth Prisons A report from Youth First Initiative shares key lessons learned from successful state campaigns to close youth prisons. Read More
New Tool Kit on Implementing Normalcy Provisions of Strengthening Families Act A new toolkit highlights recommendations for policymakers and advocates on laws and policies designed to help jurisdictions effectively implement the normalcy provisions of the Strengthening Families Act. Read More
