Enhancing Leaders and Racial Equity in Baltimore City Schools Baltimore City Public Schools’ REACH Fellowship seeks to develop leaders who can champion long-term changes that realize equitable outcomes for students. Read More
Partnering With Young People to Curb Youth Homelessness in Cleveland In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, young people are playing a key role in developing solutions to end youth homelessness. Read how A Place for Me is engaging young people in the development of a drop-in center for youth who are facing homelessness. Read More
Grads2Careers Places Baltimore’s Young People on New Career Paths Grad2Careers — an initiative supported by various public systems and private funders, including the Annie E. Casey Foundation — aims to connect young Baltimoreans to free job training, credentials and a career path. Read More
The Beautiful Project: Helping Black Girls and Women Thrive The Beautiful Project provides mentorship through training in photography, film and writing, to help Black girls and women advance their well-being. Learn how the the Beautiful Project has honed its mission, expanded its work and become more sustainable. Read More
Tracking Credit Health — and the Role Race Plays — During the COVID-19 Pandemic During the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have seen some surprising improvements in their credit health. Yet, even with these broad gains, Americans of color are still trailing their white peers on key financial metrics. Read More
New Tool Helps Juvenile Justice Leaders Assess Readiness for Probation Transformation Attention juvenile justice leaders: Curious if your agency is ready for probation transformation? There’s now a tool for that. Read More
How the Informal Housing Market Deepens Racial Inequities in Baltimore For low-income families, the pathway to homeownership often falls outside the bounds of the formal mortgage system. A new report sheds light on these informal markets in Baltimore and how they often disadvantage buyers and exacerbate racial inequities. Read More
States Spending Little on Prevention Services, Survey Finds A recent survey of national trends in child welfare funding and agency spending finds that out-of-home placements continue to be a greater financing priority than preventive services. Read to learn how agencies can evaluate and prioritize spending to improve outcomes. Read More
Youth Detention Survey During COVID-19 To understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth detention populations, the Casey Foundation is surveying juvenile justice agencies and reporting on youth detention trends. Read More
Juvenile Justice Is Smaller, but More Unequal, After First Year of COVID-19 A year after the coronavirus pandemic began, the Casey Foundation finds that a historic drop in the size of the youth detention population at the beginning of 2020 did nothing to reduce the already huge racial and ethnic disparities in who gets detained. Read More
