Seeking Grant Applications for Summer Youth Programs in Baltimore Baltimore-area funders are again joining to offer grant funding to nonprofits to provide high-quality educational and recreational programs for city youth in summer 2020. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on Nov. 22, 2019. Read More
Better Family Life and MILPA Earn Casey’s 2019 Gloria J. Jenkins Award The Annie E. Casey Foundation has named Better Family Life, Inc., and MILPA Collective the recipients of its 2019 Gloria J. Jenkins Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to juvenile justice reform by a community-based organization. Read More
Meet the 2019 JDAI Distinguished System Leadership Award Winners Leaders from New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and Santa Cruz, California have earned the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2019 JDAI® Distinguished System Leadership Award, which honors a youth justice system leader who has achieved lasting juvenile justice reform in a JDAI site. Read More
Two Social Justice Champions Receive Bimel Award The Annie E. Casey Foundation has named Lynn Ausley, a member of the Juvenile Court Family Council in Pierce County, Washington, and Frankie Guzman, director of the California Youth Justice Initiative at the National Center for Youth Law, as its 2019 Natalie S. Bimel Award recipients. Read More
Understanding Adolescent Brain Development To better serve youth in foster care, child welfare leaders must understand how the adolescent brain develops when young people are given support, love and guidance. Read More
Engaging Youth in Foster Care to Build a Brighter Future in Baltimore Learn how a three-year-old partnership between the Baltimore City Department of Social Services and the Casey Foundation is improving the lives of Charm City's young people in foster care. Read More
Dan Cardinali on Big Bets, Supporting Democracy and Driving Impact In this episode of CaseyCast, Casey Foundation President and CEO Lisa Hamilton interviews Independent Sector President and CEO Dan Cardinali. Their conversation covers the nonprofit sector and explores how it can and is driving change for the public good. Read More
Latinos In Action: Building College and Career Skills Through Leadership Latinos In Action is an organization working to position Latino students in the United States for graduation and opportunity. The organization is driven by one purpose: empowering Latino youth to lead and strengthen their communities through college and career readiness. Read More
Data on Young Adults and Poverty is Encouraging for 2018 The share of young adults living in poverty has fallen from 26% in 2010 to 21% in 2018. Review state level highlights for this statistic. Read More
APA Reinforces Casey’s Vision for Juvenile Probation Transformation A new article featured in an APA journal reinforces the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s call for transforming juvenile probation and highlights two jurisdictions that have made large-scale changes to juvenile probation in line with Casey’s vision. Read More
