Mortality Rates for Children Improved Across the Board In the past three decades, the United States has made across-the-board progress in improving the rates of mortality among children (from birth to age 19). Read More
More Children With Parents Who Lack Secure Employment Compared to 2008, 3 million more children in 2013 lived with parents who lacked secure employment. Despite this overall increase, there has been a steady decline from 2010 to 2013. Read More
Housing Burden Disproportionately Affects Children of Color Statistics on how the housing burden disproportionately affects children of color. Read More
Webinar on Essential Ingredients for Lasting Community Change An Dec. 10 webinar hosted by the Center for the Study of Social Policy focuses on the core capacities needed to achieve lasting community change, drawing from the experiences of communities that participated in Casey's Making Connections initiative. Read More
More Teens With High School Diploma Most states see improvement in high school graduation rates. Read More
Academic Success in Low-Income New Jersey School District Offers National Model Low-income students of color thrive in Union City, New Jersey, public schools. Journalist Soledad O'Brien shares how one city has transformed education to benefit all of its children. Read More
Los Angeles Moves to Limit Number of Students Arrested The Los Angeles Unified School District will be implementing a groundbreaking agreement that will limit the number of students arrested or ticketed for misbehavior in L.A. public schools. Read More
A Message from Our President & CEO on Ferguson Casey Foundation President & CEO Patrick McCarthy shares his thoughts on recent events in Ferguson, Missouri. Read More
Supporting Expectant and Parenting Youth in Foster Care and Their Children New York City and Sacramento County to implement comprehensive policies to address the needs of expectant and parenting youth in foster care and their children. Read More
Parents as Advocates: Influencing Policymakers to Improve Public Policies for Families Any effort to improve the lives of low-income families should include those families in discussions about overcoming the challenges they face. As experts on their situation, families — more specifically, parents — should have a place at the table in crafting solutions to their problems. A new report from Community Organizing and Family Issues captures how parents play an active, hands-on role in changing public policy and systems to benefit their children, families and communities as a whole. Read More
