Mentorship as a Pathway to Opportunity: A Conversation With Artis Stevens Discover how Artis Stevens of Big Brothers Big Sisters empowers youth through mentorship, focusing on opportunities and creating lifelong connections. Read More
Indiana Begins Journey Toward JDAI Statewide Expansion Juvenile justice stakeholders in Indiana reflect on reduced rates of youth detention in local JDAI sites and look forward to expanding the initiative. Read More
How the KIDS COUNT Data Center Can Help a Grant Writer Learn how a grant writer might analyze data, connect with others and share resources on children and families through the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
"Upside Down" Report Calls for Equitable Tax Subsidies A new study shows more than half of the $400 billion spent by the U.S. in FY2009 on wealth-building strategies benefited the nation’s wealthiest 5%. Read More
Proportion of American Parents Without Health Insurance Hits Five-Year Low In 2015, 12% of all parents — 7 million Americans — lacked health insurance. This rate has steadily improved since 2010, when 18% of all parents lacked health insurance. The Affordable Care Act, signed in 2010, is attributed to the increased rates of parental insurance coverage. Read More
Atlanta Civic Site: The Importance of Partners Casey’s Atlanta Civic Site partners aim to boost kids’ academic success, parents’ economic opportunities and neighborhood transformation. Learn more. Read More
Letters of Interest Sought for Low-Cost Randomized Control Trials The Annie E. Casey Foundation is joining the Laura and John Arnold Foundation in support of its expanded investment in identification and support of low-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to build evidence of programs that improve the lives of children and families. For 2016, the Arnold Foundation has released a new Request for Proposals. Letters of interest are due to the Arnold Foundation by March 1, 2016. Read More
JDAI interviews Thomas Brooks Thomas Brooks, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer in Harris County, Texas, talks to the Casey Foundation about his experience working with young people. Read More
Poverty Rate for Latino Kids Hits Pre-recession Level The prevalence of poverty among America’s Latino children has returned to a pre-recession rate — 28%. Read More
More Americans Earning Bachelor’s Degrees and Higher Today, more Americans are earning higher levels of education, according to new data on the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
