America’s Foster Care Population Is Growing — Again America’s foster care population grew by 13,000 children and youth — to more than 415,000 kids total — from 2013 to 2014, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Jim Casey Fellows Led Efforts to Improve Child Welfare The 2022 cohort of Jim Casey Fellows led projects that advance policy and strengthen communities. Learn about their work. Read More
Young Kids are a Large Portion of Maltreated Children in United States In 2012, approximately 604,000 children experienced confirmed maltreatment (nine per 1,000 kids). Of these, 40% were younger than age 5. Read More
Leadership Program Helps Health Advocates Connect More Kids and Families to Medicaid Members from the second class of the Children’s Health Leadership Network have completed the 12-month leadership program — and preserved, expanded or improved Medicaid in four states along the way. Read More
A Bold 10-Year Goal for Affordable Housing in the Coachella Valley Lift to Rise has laid out a Results Count-informed affordable housing plan for low-income residents of the Coachella Valley. Learn more. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Sophie Dagenais on the Baltimore Unrest and the Way Forward Sophie Dagenais is the director of the Baltimore Civic Site. In this Five Questions edition, she discusses the importance of bringing all Baltimoreans to the table — particularly those with limited access to opportunity — to achieve lasting, positive change. Read More
Momentum Builds to End Youth Homelessness in Maryland After months of community organizing and meetings with legislators, advocates from Youth Empowered Society, a Casey grantee, are celebrating a big win: The Maryland General Assembly’s passage of the Ending Youth Homelessness Act of 2018. Read More
How to Use the KIDS COUNT Data Center The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Center is the premier source of data on child and family well-being in the United States. With thousands of indicators, what's the best way for someone to harness the power of all this data? Read More
Five Questions with Leslie Boissiere on the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Leslie Boissiere, chief operating officer of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, talks about the movement by communities to get kids reading proficiently by the end of third grade. Read More
Departing Casey President and CEO Talks Change, Challenges and Lessons In a new podcast episode, the Casey Foundation's Lisa Hamilton interviews Patrick McCarthy as he retires as president and CEO about how the Foundation has changed during this career, what he’s learned along the way and why he has a lot of hope for the nation’s younger generations. Read More
