Download New Report on Connecting Kids in Foster Care to Families Download Every Kid Needs a Family: Giving Children in the Child Welfare System the Best Chance for Success, the latest KIDS COUNT Policy Report. Read More
Webinar Series to Highlight 10 Practices of High-Performing Child Welfare Agencies Casey is offering a three-part webinar series in 2016 that highlights the lessons from high-performing child welfare agencies. The webinars will be held in January, April and June. Registration is required. Read More
JDAI Practices Ease Flow of Committed Youth to State Corrections and Sustain Lower Populations Texas and Louisiana have successfully reduced their youth corrections populations through systemic realignment, downsizing and shuttering of juvenile institutions. Read More
Exploring the Overlooked Role of Culture in Helping Kids of Color Succeed A case study from the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the important and often overlooked role that culture can play in shaping programs and practices aimed at leveling life’s playing field for children of color. Read More
JDAIconnect Power Users Recognized at 2019 JDAI Conference The Annie E. Casey Foundation has recognized an individual and a group as 2019 JDAI Power Users for their extraordinary contributions to JDAIconnect, the online community for JDAI® practitioners and people interested in youth justice. Read More
U.S. Child Poverty Rate Reaches Prerecession Level The nation’s child poverty rate fell to 18% in 2017. See how this rate has changed over time. Read More
Arianne Weldon to Manage the Georgia Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Learn about Arianne Weldon, the newly appointed project director for the Georgia Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. Read More
KIDS COUNT Data Check: Teen Birth Rate Hits Historic Low New data from the 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Bookshows that America's teen birth rate has greatly improved in recent years. This historic low is encouraging as teenage childbearing can have negative consequences for both the mother and newborn. Read More
American Indian Children Left Behind in Extreme Poverty In 2017, nearly 20% of American Indian children were growing up in extreme poverty. See how often kids from other racial and ethnic groups experience extreme poverty. Read More
Douglas Nelson Talks Early Education with Baltimore Leaders Former Casey President and CEO Douglas W. Nelson addressed the Baltimore Leadership in Action Program gathering where they launched their Five-Year Plan for Achieving School Readiness. Read More