Creating Safer Communities: Lessons on Violence Prevention How can neighborhoods prevent violence and promote safety? Experts from around the country recently shared their approaches to increasing community safety. Read More
Moving Kids Out of Poverty is Possible; Casey’s New Podcast Explores How In this episode of CaseyCast, the Foundation’s Lisa Hamilton and the Brookings Institution’s Ron Haskins discuss America’s stubborn child poverty rate and how we can boost economic mobility among low-income families. Read More
KIDS COUNT Adds New Dataset on Youth and Young Adults The KIDS COUNT Data Center has expanded its statistical coverage of the well-being of young people ages 14 to 24. See what this data says. Read More
Kids of Color More Likely to Live in High-Poverty Neighborhoods Now Than During Great Recession More African-American, Latino and American Indian children are living in high-poverty neighborhoods despite a fully-restored economy surging to near-record levels. Read More
Mandated Reporter Survey Seeks to Improve Practices to Keep More Families Together A new survey aims to learn from mandated reporters of child abuse or neglect. Read about the survey. Read More
Nurturing Young Minds: The Power of Relationships and Ideal Learning Environments In this CaseyCast podcast interview, the Trust for Learning's Ellen Roche explores the importance of early childhood education. Get the details. Read More
Providing Virtual Workforce and Training Opportunities for Baltimore Youth YouthWorks created a remote training program in summer 2020 — providing more opportunities for youth. Other programs can learn from this approach. Read More
Community In-Site Podcast Debuts A Casey-funded podcast provides communities insight on how to reduce child welfare system involvement. Learn more. Read More
Stronger Kinship Diversion Policies Are Needed to Support Children and Caregivers A survey of child welfare administrators on kinship diversion reveals much room for improvement. Explore the survey results and recommendations. Read More
Generation Work Tools for Employer Partnerships Generation Work partners with employers to help youth access good careers by blending adult education, training, and youth development. Learn more. Read More
