Because It Counts: Tools for Ensuring an Accurate 2020 Census As the 2020 U.S. census approaches, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights has produced a series of fact sheets and data tables to encourage an accurate record of people most often missed by the decennial count. Read More
Success Story Illustrates How Improved Family Service Array Can Reduce Child Removals A new Casey success story illustrates how child-serving agencies in Hampton, Virginia, ended child welfare group placements and sharply reduced foster care by boosting the quality and availability of family-strengthening services. Read More
Every Kid Needs a Family: Putting Kin First in Washington, D.C. When young people come into the care of the child welfare system and cannot live with their own parents, the next best thing a caseworker can do is to find a loving relative or close friend who can keep the child close to home in every sense. Washington, D.C.’s Child and Family Services Agency has made finding kin a top priority, creating a rapid turnaround process to make it as easy as possible for kin to take on the responsibility of caring for a young person. Read More
Baltimore Offers Tech Support and Internships for Adult Learners In Baltimore, many adult learners encountered challenges when the COVID-19 pandemic forced their workforce training and education programs to move online. As a result, the Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition’s (BDEC) Tech Support Hotline stepped in to provide valuable technical support to keep learners engaged. Read More
Many Women Still Receive Little or No Prenatal Care Before Giving Birth in 2018 In 2018, nearly 230,000 women nationwide received no or late prenatal care before giving birth. Learn who was most likely to miss out on care. Read More
Admitting Failure: Learning From Mistakes in Philanthropy Admitting failures contributes to high-quality implementation, innovation of new strategies and improved governance and transparency. It’s good medicine that doesn’t always taste so good. Yet despite increasing philanthropic interest in mistakes and learning, many foundation staff still find it difficult to have conversations about mistakes. Read More
Virtual Events to Highlight Strategies that Promote Financial Stability, Wealth Upcoming events will highlight effective strategies for reducing debt and increasing financial stability for families and young people — especially those of color. Read to learn more and register. Read More
Fewer Young Parents in America, But Millions — Including Their Children — Still Need Support America's share of young parents has declined in recent decades and fell to 6% in 2018-2022. Review the data details. Read More
Developing an Infrastructure to Help Parents and Children Succeed Together On July 6, the Casey Foundation will host a one-hour webinar focusing on the operational elements an organization would consider in building a two-generation approach to serving children and families. Read More
Our Webinar on Trainings for Kinship Caregivers and Professionals The Casey Foundation hosted a webinar for kinship caregivers and the professionals who work with them. Read More