How the KIDS COUNT Data Center Can Help a Child Advocate Learn how a child advocate can analyze data, connect with others and share resources through the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Applying a Results Framework to Social Program Evaluation in San Antonio Researchers at the University of Texas San Antonio are using their work with the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Expanding the Bench in Performance Management Initiative to apply results-based methods to evaluating a variety of efforts in San Antonio. Read More
Improving Juvenile Probation to Support Girls in New Mexico Motivated by data, the probation department in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, is embracing a fundamental culture change – looking to girls and young women as well as deeply rooted community organizations as the best sources for information about what they need. Read More
Another Look at Child Poverty: The Supplemental Poverty Measure In the United States, 17% of children — 12.5 million kids total — are living in poverty, according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure. This statistic varies widely by state, with the rate of child poverty reported as three times higher in California (24%) versus Minnesota (8%). Read More
Developing Future JDAI Leaders Has Big Payoff The Applied Leadership Network (ALN) provides an extensive leadership curriculum for future JDAI leaders to encourage new methods and skills to effectively lead detention reform in deeper and more meaningful ways. Read More
Eleven Leading Philanthropies Announce Steps to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color Recommendations and initial funding commitments set stage for long-term effort to ensure success in health, education and employment of young men of color. Read More
June 21 Webinar: Using the Family First Act to Finance Child Welfare Programs On June 21, the Annie E. Casey and William T. Grant foundations are hosting a special webinar devoted to helping child welfare leaders understand how the Family First Prevention Services Act can impact and enhance their work with children and families. Read More
More Children in Immigrant Families In 2013, 17.8 million children lived in immigrant families, a 26% increase from the last decade. Of these children, 89% are U.S. citizens. Read More
Incarceration’s Toll on Communities Casey’s new KIDS COUNT report on parental incarceration, A Shared Sentence, highlights that children and families aren’t the only ones to experience stress and instability when a parent is behind bars — their communities also feel the blow. Read More
KIDS COUNT Webinar Recording: Creating Opportunity for Families The Casey Foundation hosted a Nov. 12 webinar on our new KIDS COUNT policy report, Creating Opportunity for Families: A Two-Generation Approach. The session highlighted ways the public, nonprofit and private sectors can work together to help equip the 10 million low-income families with young children in the United States with the tools they need to move out of poverty and thrive. Read More