Reflecting on Casey's 2003 Report on the High Cost of Being Poor As a part of the 2003 KIDS COUNT Data Book, "The High Cost of Being Poor: Another Perspective on Helping Low-Income Families Get By and Get Ahead" documented the inflated charges people in poor communities pay for everything from groceries to check cashing. Read More
Helping Funders Build Evidence for Two-Generation Approaches A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation aims to help funders strengthen the evidence for two-generation approaches. It arrives amid renewed interest in initiatives designed to meet the needs of parents and their children at the same time and an increased demand for rigorous research on the core components of two-generation approaches. Read More
More Children in Immigrant Families In 2013, 17.8 million children lived in immigrant families, a 26% increase from the last decade. Of these children, 89% are U.S. citizens. Read More
Incarceration’s Toll on Communities Casey’s new KIDS COUNT report on parental incarceration, A Shared Sentence, highlights that children and families aren’t the only ones to experience stress and instability when a parent is behind bars — their communities also feel the blow. Read More
What's Best for Children The research is clear: Living in families is what’s best for children, no matter their age. View this presentation given to the National Governors Association. Read More
Summary of Recommendations for Federal Child Welfare Financing This handout summarizes policy recommendations for realigning federal child welfare financing to support best practices in four key areas. Read More
Evidence and Interest Grow for Program Promoting Educational Success for Students in Foster Care FosterEd, an initiative of the National Center for Youth Law, aims to improve educational outcomes for students in foster care. Learn how this porgram is helping policymakers provide positive educational outcomes for foster youth. Read More
Bipartisan, Common-Sense Solutions In a Jan. 28 column, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof highlighted the recent re-emergence of compassionate conservatism, a strand of moderate conservatism that includes a focus on reducing poverty and promoting opportunity. Read More
Sept. 18 Webinar: Six Factors to Consider When Evaluating Evidence-Based Programs On September 18, 2018, the Annie E. Casey and William T. Grant foundations will be hosting a webinar aimed at helping child welfare leaders use the Hexagon Tool to better select and install evidence-based programs that will benefit children and families. Read More
Connecting Sex Trafficking Survivors to Education and Jobs in Atlanta Survivors of sex trafficking face numerous barriers to education and employment. In Atlanta, a Casey grantee is providing services to help them. Learn how. Read More
