In the summer of 2017 — thanks to a program supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation — more than 8,000 young people in Baltimore had a chance to fill their idle summer months with employment experience and a paycheck.
Implementation science strives to understand the critical factors and conditions that ensure effective practices are successfully carried out and sustained in typical service settings.
The Casey Foundation’s Results Count™ usually bring together leaders in government and nonprofit organizations to move deliberately toward greater impact and better results. Now the Foundation is offering the opportunity to a small group of funders who are building their capacity to use the Results Count methods themselves.
Grantmaking organizations across the country are making race and ethnic equity a priority. In this report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation shares its own journey in implementing equity throughout its operations.
This executive summary outlines recommendations aimed at strengthening opportunities for gig workers — and America’s rising gig economy. It supplements a full report, which shares feedback and findings gathered from 25 workforce bodies across the country.
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Casey’s unique leadership development approach for realizing large-scale social change has a new name: Results Count™.
In a ceremony attended by Baltimore’s mayor and other dignitaries, a new playground built by hundreds of volunteers opened today in Eager Park, a green space in the heart of East Baltimore.
In collaboration with community partners, the Casey Foundation recently launched (ad)Vantage Point — a program developed by local artist Fahamu Pecou to provide young men of color from Maynard Jackson High School with an opportunity to share their experiences and perspectives using art.
Six new members have joined the Community Investment Fund Advisory Board. They will work with an existing group of volunteers to determine which resident-led improvement projects to fund in NPU-V.
