Teen Birth Rate at Historic Low The teen birth rate in 2012 marks a historic low. Of the 4 million births that occurred that year, 305,000 were to teens between the ages of 15 and 19. Between 1990 and 2012, the teen birth rate was halved from 60 births per 1,000 teens to 29 births per 1,000 teens. Read More
JDAI Fundamentals Training Team Announced The Annie E. Casey Foundation announced the 2012 JDAI Fundamentals Training Team. Read More
Raquel Mariscal Honored with JDAI Achievement Award The Casey Foundation has named Raquel Mariscal, a senior fellow at the W. Haywood Burns Institute, the inaugural recipient of its JDAI® Achievement Award. Read More
Kids Represent a Shrinking Share of the U.S. Population in 2016 In 2016, children represented 23% of all Americans. See how this statistic has changed over time. Read More
Two Leaders Confront a Major Roadblock — Structural Racism — in Their Pursuit of Equity On paper, the two leaders shared a goal: to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system. In reality, their different perspectives coupled with unaddressed pain and anger stemming from structural racism threatened to undermine their work. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Nate Balis on What’s Next for Juvenile Justice Reforms With more than 15 years of experience in juvenile justice, social policy and system reform, Nate Balis directs the Foundation's Juvenile Justice Strategy Group. For Five Questions with Casey, we sat down with Balis as his team launches a three-day conference for more than 900 juvenile justice reformers involved with the Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI). Read More
6% of Kids in America Lack Health Insurance The number of uninsured children in America has fallen by 40%, but that still leaves 4.4 million kids uninsured. Read More
Jim Casey Initiative Builds on Momentum in Advancing its Vision for Young People A new Casey report, Preparing for the Road Ahead: Helping Young People Transition from Foster Care to Adulthood, touts the successes and underscores the vision of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative in helping young people in foster care socially, emotionally, financially, intellectually and physically. Read More
Declining U.S. Economy Doesn’t Stop Gains in Child Education and Health, New Report Shows The 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book shows U.S. children’s health and academics improved in most states, but their economic well-being declined. Learn more. Read More
2014 State Data Books from the KIDS COUNT Network An ongoing listing of state fact and data books from the KIDS COUNT Network for 2014. Read More
