Helping Communities and Child Welfare Systems Become Partners for Change This Q&A outlines strategies to help communities and child welfare systems forge partnerships to improve outcomes for families. Learn more. Read More
Reducing Congregate Care: Worth the Fight The Casey Foundation supports reducing congregate care in foster placements from 16% to 5-10% in five years, prioritizing lifelong family connections. Read More
Video Explains Community-led Youth Diversion From the Legal System A video highlights LA County's model for community-led diversion and development for youth who are at risk for justice system involvement. Read More
Two Generations Benefit From Community Efforts in Atlanta Casey is supporting the Center for Working Families to address parents’ and children’s challenges simultaneously to break the cycle of poverty. Read More
Putting Young Immigrants on a Path to Skilled Employment A report looks at challenges facing young immigrants in the American job market and how employers can help. Read the report's recommendations. Read More
How to Remedy Harm Caused by State Child Abuse Registries Advocates are reexamining state child abuse and neglect registries to reduce unintended harm to parents named in them. Read more. Read More
One in Four Kids Miss Annual Preventive Dental Care, up From Previous Years Learn how missing out on preventive dental care can affect a child's education and overall health. Read More
Survey: 52% Drop in Admissions to Youth Detention in Two Months Matches Reduction Over 13 Years The rate of youth detention admissions fell 52% during COVID-19, a two-month drop equal to a 13-year decline, per a survey of 33 states. Learn more. Read More
South Baltimore School Helps Students, Young Parents Graduate and Thrive A South Baltimore assessment found that high schoolers need holistic support. The Neighborhood Zone’s community school model helps them thrive. Read More
Nicole Lynn Lewis on Helping Young Student Parents — and Their Kids — Excel In this episode of CaseyCast: Lisa Lawson chats with Nicole Lynn Lewis, who leads a nonprofit devoted to helping young parents graduate from college. Read More
