How LEAP Youth Fellows Gave Back to Their Communities The 2023 LEAP Youth Fellows developed leadership skills while supporting their communities. Learn more about their projects. Read More
Twenty-fifth Edition of KIDS COUNT Data Book Highlights Improvements Since 1990 National and state policy changes have resulted in positive changes for children since the first KIDS COUNT Data Book was released in 1990, but more are living in high-poverty neighborhoods and in single-parent families today, according to the Foundation's 2014 report on child well-being. Read More
Seven Sites Selected for Juvenile Probation Certificate Program With Georgetown University As part of the Transforming Juvenile Probation Certificate Program, teams from seven sites gathered in D.C. to learn about transforming juvenile probation. Read More
Improving Foster Care for Young People of Color Social, systemic and structural barriers create disparate and disheartening outcomes for young people of color in foster care. Learn how the Annie E. Casey Foundation and its Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative are pushing for better strategies and fairer outcomes. Read More
Single Parents Raising More Than a Third of U.S. Kids 2014 KIDS COUNT statistics suggest that single-parent households are growing more common across America as 35% of the country's kids live in single-parent homes. Read More
CWLA Presents Experts, Ideas and Data Gaps on LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care The Casey Foundation recently contributed to a special issue of the Child Welfare League of America's Child Welfare Journal focused on young people in foster care who are gay or lesbian. Read More
Learn to Develop a Preventive Child Welfare Practice Model for the Family First Act The Casey Foundation will host a webinar on how states can implement preventive child welfare practice as part of the Family First Prevention Services Act. Read More
Reliance on Incarcerating Youth Offenders Not Paying Off for States, Taxpayers or Kids, Report Finds A Casey Foundation report, No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration, offers evidence that shows incarcerating kids doesn't work. Read More
Youth Unemployment Soars in Past Decade Nearly 6.5 million U.S. teens and young adults are out of school and work, risking underemployment and lacking key job skills, per a KIDS COUNT report. Read More
Webinar Offers Strategies for Maximizing Equity With the Family First Act Watch the Annie E. Casey Foundation's webinar recording on leveraging the Family First Prevention Services Act to advance equity in child welfare systems. Read More
