Immunization Rates Among 2-Year-Olds Continue to Rise The proportion of 2-year-olds who were immunized rose in all 50 states — and increased 55% nationally — from 2009 to 2015. Read More
May 17 Webinar: Integrating Data to Support Families The Annie E. Casey Foundation is hosting a May 17 webinar on the benefits and challenges of building an integrated data system to support a two-generation approach to social service programming. Read More
Tarsha Jackson Receives Bimel Award for her Contributions to Detention Reform Parent-turned-advocate Tarsha Jackson received the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Natalie S. Bimel Award for her efforts to ensure the inclusion of families in detention reform efforts. Jackson, the coordinator of Texas Families of Incarcerated Youth, received the honor in Houston during JDAI’s 2012 Intersite Conference in April. Read More
Upcoming Webinar: Shifting Gears on Juvenile Justice Communications The Casey Foundation will host a webinar later this month to inform advocates and practitioners about messages that can effectively engage the public as allies in juvenile justice reform. Read More
Decline in Foreign-Born Children In 2013, 3% of children in the United States were foreign born. Read More
Recession Increases Number of Children Living in Low-Income Families by 7% to 31 Million According to the Casey Foundation's 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book, over the last decade there has been a significant decline in economic well-being for low income children and families. Read More
Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential: Webinar Presentation and Recordings The webinar recordings and presentation on Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential, the Foundation's new Social Innovation Fund initiative. Read More
New Bipartisan Report on Reducing Poverty and Promoting Opportunity Released A politically diverse group of experts on poverty has set aside differences and created a detailed plan for reducing poverty and increasing economic mobility. Read More
Results Count: Helping Large Service Providers Get Results Since fall 2015, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has supported three national nonprofits in Results Count™, a leadership program designed to propel large-scale change within a results-based framework. In this post, leaders from these nonprofits weigh in on how the program has helped hone new strategies and, ultimately, advance their organization’s work. Read More
Fewer Children in Poverty, But Still Cause for Concern According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 16 million children lived in poverty in 2013. Read More