Fiscal Analysis Shows “When Child Welfare Works” Recommendations Add Up Child Trends reviews the Casey Foundation's proposal to reform child welfare financing, and our recommendations are found to be sound. Read More
Nation’s Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low In 2015, the nation’s teen birth rate dropped to an all-time low of 22 births per 1,000 teenage girls. In 1990, this rate was significantly higher at 60 births per 1,000 teenage girls. Read More
Seeking Grant Applications for Summer Youth Programs in Baltimore Baltimore-area funders are offering grant funding to nonprofits to provide high-quality educational and recreational programs for youth in summer 2020. Read More
Keeping Systems Accountable and Young People Engaged The federal Strengthening Families Act (SFA) provides new opportunities for child welfare agencies to create typical family experiences for children and youth in foster care. In this third installment of a six-part webinar series, the Foundation’s Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative highlights key SFA provisions that leverage the law’s enforcement mechanisms to not only improve outcomes for kids, but establish better practices from the start. Read More
Sending Parents Back to Class — and Down a Brighter Career Path Since 2006, Arkansas has used funds from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to send eligible parents to 25 community and technical colleges across the state. A new evaluation of the Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative shows it benefits parents and the state as a whole, enabling more families to move out of poverty. Read More
Growing Healthy Readers: Taking Action to Help Kids Start Out Healthy The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s Healthy Readers team has released a series of resource guides making the connection between health and learning in the early years. Read More
A New Opportunity for States: Parents and Children Thriving Together Initiative States, commonwealths and territories can apply now through Aug. 10 for a new initiative called Parents and Children Thriving Together. The initiative, led by the National Governors Association and the Center for Law and Social Policy, offers support for states as they develop and implement two-generation strategies. Read More
What a Difference a Decade Makes: Youth Detention Population Drops 44% Since 2003, the number of youth residing in juvenile detention, correctional and residential facilities has dropped by 44%. Even though that number includes all racial and ethnic groups, black kids are still overrepresented in the system. 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
KIDS COUNT Webinar Recording: Creating Opportunity for Families The Casey Foundation hosted a Nov. 12 webinar on our new KIDS COUNT policy report, Creating Opportunity for Families: A Two-Generation Approach. The session highlighted ways the public, nonprofit and private sectors can work together to help equip the 10 million low-income families with young children in the United States with the tools they need to move out of poverty and thrive. Read More
