Portraits of Permanence Highlight Why Families Matter for Kids in Foster Care This video shares the story of several young people from foster care who have achieved permanence and what it means for each of them. Read More
Progress Largely Stalled on Preterm Births and Babies Born With a Low Birth Weight The share of babies born too early or at a low birth weight hasn't budged since 2017. Learn what's driving the data gridlock. Read More
New Resource Aims to Align Terms and Concepts Related to Adolescent Development The research organization Child Trends has launched an online resource offering science-based definitions for terms and concepts related to adolescent development. Read More
Opportunity Zones: Incentivizing Investment in Low-Income Neighborhoods In this blog post, Charles Rutheiser, a senior associate in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Center for Civic Sites and Community Change, talks Opportunity Zones. He reviews what these areas are, when they were established and how they could evolve with the help of a federal tax incentive program of the same name. Read More
Why We’re Expanding JDAI’s Focus Bart Lubow explains why the Annie E. Casey Foundation is working to reduce the nation's overreliance on juvenile confinement. Read More
The Racial Wealth Audit: Policy Analysis Through a Racial Lens A new tool helps users understand how prospective policies may affect family savings and assets by race and ethnicity. The goal? Foster asset building in communities of color — a key step toward achieving financial and family stability. Read More
Strengthening the Federal Infrastructure for Evidence-based Policymaking A new report from the Forum for Youth Investment offers a blueprint for building a strong infrastructure that promotes the use of evidence and research at every stage of the federal policymaking process. Read More
Campaign Puts Racial Equity in the Center of the Social Sector Diverse leadership makes nonprofits more effective, according to research. Yet, in the nonprofit sector today, just 10% of CEOs and board chairs and 16% of board members are people of color. Leveling this professional playing field involves building organizational cultures in the social sector that place racial equity at the center of internal operations and external programing. Read More
Regulations, Procurement Practices Have Hampered Innovation in Child Welfare Technology This is the second in a four-part series about Casebook, a state-of-the-art tool to help child welfare workers track and improve results for children in their care. This installment looks at the issues Casebook was designed to address and the obstacles it has faced. Read More
Book Shares Insights Culled From an Inspiring Career Serving Children and Families A new book, authored by the now-retired CEO of KVC Health Systems, offers lessons learned after more than three decades of leading efforts to enhance the lives of children and families across the nation. Read More