Webinar Highlights 10 Practices of High-Performing Child Welfare Agencies In February, the Child Welfare Strategy Group launched a three-part webinar series devoted to building high-performance child welfare agencies. Read More
Nation’s Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low In 2015, the nation’s teen birth rate dropped to an all-time low of 22 births per 1,000 teenage girls. In 1990, this rate was significantly higher at 60 births per 1,000 teenage girls. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Irene Lee and the Foundation's Work on Immigration Issues Irene Lee directs the Foundation’s work focused on ensuring individuals and families have access to economic opportunity and started our grant making around refugee and immigrant families. She sits down for Five Questions with Casey. 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
Bipartisan, Common-Sense Solutions In a Jan. 28 column, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof highlighted the recent re-emergence of compassionate conservatism, a strand of moderate conservatism that includes a focus on reducing poverty and promoting opportunity. Read More
Utah Evidence2Success Community Chooses Priorities for Better Outcomes Community and system leaders of Kearns in Salt Lake County, Utah ― one of four sites nationwide implementing the Casey Foundation’s Evidence2Success framework ― have identified key priorities to focus on in their work to improve well-being for local children and youth. Read More
Housing Burden Disproportionately Affects Children of Color Statistics on how the housing burden disproportionately affects children of color. Read More
Making Homes Healthier and More Energy Efficient in Baltimore Safe at Home is a Casey-supported program providing free repairs to the homes of asthma-diagnosed children in Baltimore City. Tarsha Mitchell's daughter is one participant who has benefitted from this effort to make "healthy-homes" for city youth. Read More
Lessons from the Field: How Neighborhood Data Can Improve Low-Income Communities A new book, Strengthening Communities with Neighborhood Data, highlights successful examples of policymakers using neighborhood data from the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership(NNIP) to get a clearer picture of needed change. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Barbara Squires on Social Sector Leadership Barbara Squires, Casey's director of Leadership Development, discusses advancing public sector leadership for kids and families. Read More