This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This spring, the organization I lead was busy working to fulfill our mission: serving Oregon’s Latino and other low-income communities with programs providing affordable housing, community economic development and educational…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nestled in central North Carolina, High Point boasts a thriving private university and a bustling Furniture Market bringing in clientele from across the world. The city of 110,000 residents also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The nation is experiencing a major housing shortage coupled with a crisis of housing affordability. “New housing supply is not keeping pace with rising demand,” warns Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s…
Dr. Torie Weiston-Sertan is late to the meeting because of a scheduling conflict — something that happens regularly because of the many different hats she wears. For Weiston-Sertan, 36, a full-time…
In this episode of CaseyCast, Annie E. Casey Foundation President and CEO Lisa Hamilton interviews impact investor Ben Hecht, who has served as the president and CEO of Living Cities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new report from the Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) finds that school-based feeding programs can effectively feed school-age children, even during COVID-19. Forty-one percent of children under the age of 15, or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President-elect Biden and vice president–elect Harris have already announced that combating violence and supporting survivors of intimate partner violence will be a priority for their administration. Practitioners and researchers agree it is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do we keep our students actively engaged in a remote learning environment? Four months into this COVID-era academic year and this question still lingers for higher education administrators and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was clear before the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season started that it was going to be busy. Six months later, we’re looking back at a trail of broken records, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A child who grows up in a low-income household could have a worse memory after the age of 50, the Atlantic reports. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February of 2017, 64 healthy adult Kenyans checked into a university residence in the coastal town of Kilifi. After a battery of medical tests, they proceeded, one by one,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Migration to wildfire-prone U.S. cities continues to rise despite an estimated 9.3 million acres of land that are expected to burn in the U.S. annually by 2050, according to new research by…