The ways poverty is measured can influence how we, as a country, understand what it means to live in poverty. Poverty measures inform the work of policymakers, practitioners, and advocates to address poverty and prevent the adverse consequences associated with it. This brief summarizes … Read More
Author Archives: Jamar Little
U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has issued an advisory about social media’s impact on youth mental health. It notes that while social media can provide benefits for some children and youth, there is a growing body of research about potential harms social media … Read More
Application Call: Join Casey’s Juvenile Justice Applied Leadership Network
ABOUT ALN ALN is rooted in Casey’s Results Count® leadership development approach and seeks to equip leaders with the skills and strategies needed to advance powerful, measurable and equitable results on behalf of young people who are facing steep barriers to success. The program’s … Read More
Using Results Count to Realize the Promise of Equity for All
PolicyLink, a national research institute, is leveraging the skills and tools of Results Count®. The Casey Foundation’s unique approach to leadership development helps PolicyLink undertake initiatives aimed at achieving equitable results for the 100 million people in America living in or near poverty — the … Read More
Sharing Our Space
A Toolkit for Developing and Enhancing Intergenerational Shared Sites What Are Shared Sites? Intergenerational shared sites are intentionally designed places that provide services/programs to multiple generations concurrently and foster meaningful cross-age relationships. Participants interact in planned intergenerational activities as well as … Read More
Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Kinship Foster Care
Generations United with support from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, created the following brief, national comparison chart, and state-specific charts that focus on adoption and guardianship for children in kinship foster care so that these children can exit foster … Read More
Creating Policies to Better Serve Diverse AANHPI Populations
While Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) populations are, collectively, the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, these groups have rich and distinctive experiences and their unique challenges are not adequately supported by current policies; this lack of support is especially … Read More
Investing in Families Prevents Child Welfare Involvement
The path forward is clear: strengthening household financial security can reduce child abuse and neglect by improving the opportunity for parents to meet their children’s basic needs, provide developmentally appropriate child care, and reduce parental stress and depression, both risk … Read More
Child and family outcomes of the Safe Babies Court Team – A scoping review
Abstract Children under the age of three are frequently removed from their home and placed in foster care, resulting in critical impediments to their development and well-being. These placements result in significant short and long-term economic costs. The Safe Babies … Read More
Critical Child Protection Studies. (Special Issue of Social Sciences).
Special Issue Information Until the last few years of the twentieth century, there was very little critical analysis of child protection policies and practices. Child protection was embedded in discussions about what to do about child abuse—it was constituted as … Read More