How To: Creating a Kin-First Culture in Child Welfare Thanks to a new how-to guide on on kinship care, child welfare practitioners can get step-by-step guidance on how to ensure more children are placed with relatives when their parents cannot care for them. Read More
Revolve Fund Invests in Baltimore’s Entrepreneurs of Color Revolve Fund offers seed money to Baltimore's entrepreneurs of color to help them grow their access to financial capital. Learn more. Read More
Webinar: Building Equitable Hiring Technologies and Practices A recent webinar explores how hiring technologies may disadvantage young workers and workers of color. Panelists discuss how to navigate online applications, as well as recommendations to improve hiring processes. Read More
How Two Leaders Use Results Count Skills to Help Others — Even as They Change Jobs Jessica Mindnich and MacArthur Antigua — two nonprofit leaders — dove deep into Results Count competencies to become advanced practitioners. Read More
Improving Child Welfare Practice With the Power of Adolescent Brain Development Every year in America, too many young adults leave foster care without a family or the opportunities needed to succeed. Yet, child welfare professionals and caregivers can help these youth better navigate the path toward a healthy adulthood — and a new report tells how. Read More
Residents in NPU-V Look to Proven Model to Curb Violence Community members in Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit V are calling for funds to invest in curbing gun violence in the community through the implementation of Cure Violence, a public-health approach to address shootings. Read More
Six Results Count Skills for Leaders Responding to COVID-19 The vast spread of the coronavirus compels social sector leaders to manage with urgency through stressful and rapid change. The Annie E. Casey Foundation has identified six Results Count® tools and skills that leaders to maintain a focus on achieving equitable results — even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
New Mexico Legislature Extends Foster Care to Age 21 Every year in New Mexico, nearly 200 youth — many lacking a stable home or strong support system — transition out of foster care. NMCAN Youth Leaders know this story all too well. They’ve lived it. And now, they've helped ensure that others following in their path will have a better option. Read More
Former Casey Youth Council Member Amiyah Davis Receives U.S. Presidential Appointment Learn about a former youth council member who has been appointed to the federal Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Read More
Supporting Youth Leadership and Evidence2Success in Memphis The Evidence2Success partnership in Memphis is engaging local youth to shape policies and programs meant to improve their community. Read More