Lessons From the Field: Evaluating a Two-Generation Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Poverty The difficult work of delivering integrated services to low-income families has gained some essential guideposts. The source? A newly published evaluation of Casey’s Family Economic Success - Early Childhood Education (FES-ECE) initiative. Read More
Watch our Webinar: Using Collective Impact to Reduce Infant Mortality A new webinar recording highlights three collective impact efforts — in Baltimore, Cincinnati and Cleveland — and the strategies they’re implementing to reduce infant mortality and improve community well-being. Read More
There’s More Skilled Work Than Workers — and That’s a Problem In a new podcast episode, the Casey Foundation’s Lisa Hamilton talks with the National Skills Coalition’s Brooke DeRenzis and Rob Garcia about building and sustaining a skilled labor force build and why this work is so important for America’s children, families and future. Read More
#HackFosterCare: Jim Casey Young Fellows Team Up with Tech, Experts Young Fellows from Casey’s Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative® will participate this month in Capitalhack, a 24-hour hackathon of robust brainstorming to find innovative solutions for data systems that affect young people in foster care. Read More
2020 Census: Federal Funding — and Support for Kids — Tied to Census Count The 2020 census is at risk of shortchanging the nation’s official population count by more than 2 million kids younger than age 5, according to experts. It’s an error that could spur serious budgetary shortfalls that carry long-term consequences for children and families. Read More
The Rate of Kids Without Health Insurance Holds at 5% For three years, the nation's share of kids without health insurance has remained flat at 5%. View state-level trends for this statistic. Read More
Cigarette Use Drops Among Youth and Young Adults From 2005-2006 to 2015-2016, cigarette use for both youth and young adults has fallen nationwide. Read how this rate differs at the state level. Read More
Poverty Across America Falls Back to Prerecession Rate The nation’s poverty rate fell to 13% in 2017. See how this compares to prior rates. Read More
Nationwide, 4.5 Million Kids Live in Hard-to-Count Census Tracts Forty states have a double-digit percentage of young kids living in a hard-to-count census tracts=. Discover why this matters. Read More
Jim Casey Initiative in Georgia Raises Graduation Rates Among Youth in Foster Care Students who experience foster care face many challenges on the path to earning a high school diploma or a GED. But the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children is showing that, with the right resources, these young people can thrive. Read More
