State Grant to Expand Use of Proven Programs in Providence, Rhode Island The Foundation's partners in Providence, Rhode Island, have received a state grant to expand the use of proven programs to enhance child well-being in two focus neighborhoods as part of Casey’s first Evidence2Success site. Read More
How the KIDS COUNT Data Center Can Help a Child Advocate Learn how a child advocate can analyze data, connect with others and share resources through the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Sharp Declines in Youth Placements Continue in Ohio’s Lucas County The Christian Science Monitor recently ran a feature story showing how juvenile justice leaders in Lucas County, Ohio (Toledo) – one of a handful of JDAI sites nationwide that is working with the Foundation to expand JDAI’s focus to the deep end of the system – are increasingly steering court-involved youth away from correctional institutions and other residential placements. Read More
Without Government Interventions, Child Poverty Rate Would Nearly Double Access a KIDS COUNT data snapshot highlighting the value of the Supplemental Poverty Measure. Download now. Read More
Download KIDS COUNT Report on Better Way to Measure Poverty Download Measuring Access to Opportunity in the United States, the latest KIDS COUNT data snapshot. Read More
What is the Supplemental Child Poverty Rate in Your State? Find your state's child poverty rate calculated with the Supplemental Poverty Measure. Also, see how government interventions for low-income families affects the rate. Read More
Official Poverty Measure Fails to Provide an Accurate Assessment of Anti-Poverty Programs A Casey report shows that the federal government’s official poverty measure created in the 1960s uses outdated information on how U.S. families are faring today, failing to illustrate the effect of programs designed to help them. Read More
When Teens and Parents Can't Get Along: Prevention, Not Placement, Is the Answer Teenagers are landing in the child welfare system simply due to parent teenager conflict, not because they have been abused or neglected. Learn how needless placements can contribute to a teen's downward spiral. Read More
How the KIDS COUNT Data Center Can Help a Policymaker Learn how a policymaker can analyze data, connect with others and share resources on child and family well-being through the KIDS COUNT Data Center. 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
