Podcast Archive

KIDS COUNT Checkup: A Look at Low-Birthweight Babies

Today in America, about 1 in 13 newborns — 319,000 babies total — is born at a low birthweight. This statistic has fallen by more than 28,000 newborns in the last seven years, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Book.

New Online Collection of Resources on Youth and Young Adults

Casey recently teamed up with Foundation Center to create a special collection of resources focused on the millions of young people ages 16–24 who are not in school or working — often called disconnected youth.

A New Approach for Aiding Child Welfare Workers Has Surprising Roots: The Boxing Ring

The Casey Foundation explores how child welfare workers may benefit from training that helps professionals make strategic decisions in high-stakes jobs.

JDAI Expands Focus to "Deep End" of Juvenile System

The Casey Foundation is expanding JDAI to reduce youth correction commitments through policy, practice and program reforms at state and local levels.

Attorney General Eric Holder Energizes KIDS COUNT Conference

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder celebrated the Foundation as “a champion for disadvantaged young people from coast to coast” that has broken barriers, strengthened families and contributed to improvements in juvenile justice, in a stirring Oct. 1 speech during the Foundation’s KIDS COUNT conference in Baltimore.

Casey Funds Efforts to Expand State Tax Refunds for Young Workers

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has awarded $260,000 in grants to six organizations that are seeking to expand their states’ Earned Income Tax Credit benefits to cover more young workers.

Juan Sanchez Receives Award for Leadership of Southwest Key

Juan Sanchez, founder of Southwest Key, won Austin Business Journal’s Best CEO award for his leadership in youth-serving nonprofits. Read more.

Simply Put: Selected Speeches of Douglas W. Nelson

A collection of the speeches made by the Foundation's former President and CEO Douglas W. Nelson.

California Adopts Innovative Tools to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes

Two technology-related nonprofits, both started with seed money from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, are gaining traction and recently began work in California. Case Commons and Kids Insight have been tapped to help improve the state’s capacity for using data to improve outcomes for children and families in the child welfare system.