Expanding Career Connections for Youth in Foster Care The Works Wonders model equips youth who have experienced foster care with career opportunities and connections. Read More
How Colleges Can Promote Equity to Support Low-Income Students Earning an advanced degree opens doors for low-income working students, connecting them to family-supporting wages and greater financial stability. Read a new report that explores the role of colleges in supporting these students and their success. Read More
HRC's Ellen Kahn Talks Better Services for LGBTQ Youth in Care Ellen Kahn is a national expert on LGBTQ families and the director of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Children, Youth and Families Program. Recently, Kahn spoke to Casey’s Lisa Hamilton about why LGBTQ youth are disproportionately overrepresented in foster care, what challenges these youth face, how agencies and families can step up their support. Read More
Applications Sought for the 2023 Reimagining Juvenile Justice Training-for-Trainers Institute Applications are open for the 2023 Reimagining Juvenile Justice Training-for-Trainers Institute. Apply by June 2, 2023. Read More
Youth Detention and the Pandemic Data from the Casey Foundation show gaps in youth detention by race and place have grown and widened since the COVID-19 pandemic. Download the analysis. Read More
Casey Joins National Partnership To Tackle Disparities in Rural America Save the Children has joined forces with StriveTogether, Partners for Education at Berea College and the Annie E. Casey Foundation to develop and launch a first-of-its-kind collective impact effort for rural America. Learn more about this collective effort. Read More
Racial Inequities in Foster Care Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19 exacerbated racial inequities in the child welfare system according to Bethany Christian Services. Bethany recently released What the Pandemic Taught Us: Innovative Practice Report, which analyzed data from its child welfare programs from before and during COVID-19. Read More
Proposals From Youth Justice Organizations Sought to Create Career Opportunities The Casey Foundation requests proposals from youth justice organizations to create positions for youth with experience in the juvenile justice system. Read More
Introducing TST-FC: A Trauma-Focused Curriculum for Caregivers Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care is a powerful new training curriculum designed to enhance foster parents’ understanding of how trauma affects children’s behavior. It's available for any agency to download and implement for free. Read More
Eight Youth-Centered Principles for Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice A new report outlines an eight-part framework for child welfare and juvenile justice. Read how to incorporate principles of positive youth development, racial equity and belonging. Read More
