Blog Archive

New Report Documents Educational Stability Movement for Foster Youth

A new Foundation report describes policy wins made in the efforts to promote improvements in school stability for youth in foster care.

Thirty-five Largest U.S. Cities Saw Increase in Child Poverty Rate Between 2005 and 2013

The 2013 American Community Survey data show the first decline in the national child poverty rate since it began to rise in 2008. Although many cities also experienced declines between 2012 and 2013, the child poverty rate in the majority of America’s largest cities has not yet returned to prerecession levels.

Five Questions with Casey: Tracey Feild on the Need to Reform Child Welfare Funding

Tracey Feild, director and manager of the Child Welfare Strategy Group, discusses child welfare funding reform.

Reflecting on 25 Years of the KIDS COUNT Data Book: Rethinking Public Services (1993)

Learn how selected themes of the KIDS COUNT Data Book helped define a generation of work at the Casey Foundation and the field.

Five Things You Need to Know About Measuring Poverty in America

As debates swirl about measuring poverty in the United States, Casey's Laura Speer offers five important facts to consider.

Fresh Strategies for Creating Jobs at Big Ideas for Jobs

The Big Ideas for Jobs project has once again tapped into the minds of some of the brightest experts from a variety of fields to come up with a new set of ideas that can lead to sustainable jobs today. Their proposals span areas of federal policy, industries and entrepreneurship.

The White House and Experts Explore Low-Cost Randomized Controlled Trials

Well-conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs) produce highly credible evidence about the effectiveness of programs, practices and other interventions, yet traditionally, RCTs can be quite expensive. Learn how the Casey Foundation and others are exploring low-cost ways to implement RCTs.

New Report Captures Local Perspectives on Making Connections

Local Voices: On-the-Ground Perspectives on Driving Community Change in the Making Connections Sites is a new report, produced in partnership with Community Science, that examines the contributions of Casey’s signature community change initiative, Making Connections, in building community capacities and achieving local results.