Grading the Prepaid Card Industry A new report from the Center for Financial Services Innovation scores the quality of prepaid credit cards, which can be used to receive income, pay bills and make everyday purchases. Read More
Columbus Youth and Artists Team Up to Introduce the Real Weinland Park Columbus' Weinland Park is one of three communities where the Casey Foundation is working with a local initiative committed to improving the well-being of kids and families. The urban community of about 4,800 residents is next door to the Ohio State University and just over a mile from downtown Columbus. Until April 2015, it was also home to a highly visible billboard that gave passersby a strong — and wrong — first impression. Read More
Will Asset-Building Policies Lead to Equity? Applying the Racial Wealth Audit The Foundation recently recommended four policy prescriptions to help all families build assets and savings while reducing the racial wealth gap. But how would we know whether these policies could really be successful in promoting greater equity? Enter the Racial Wealth Audit, developed by the Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis University in partnership with Demos, to help answer that question. Read More
One in Eight Babies Born Preterm in 2010 One in eight babies in 2010 were born prematurely in the United States. Babies born before term are at greater risk of encountering developmental problems. Read More
Community Investment Fund Spotlight: Saving Animals, Cultivating Future Leaders Meet Grace Hamlin, the founder of W-Underdogs and a Community Investment Fund grant recipient. In this post, Hamlin describes how the grant helped support her work rescuing neglected animals while also building leadership and advocacy skills in local children and youth. Read More
Download KIDS COUNT Report on Better Way to Measure Poverty Download Measuring Access to Opportunity in the United States, the latest KIDS COUNT data snapshot. Read More
Educational Attainment Data Encouraging Recent data show that more Americans are earning higher levels of education, due in part to the increase of federal funds to help support education. In 2012, 59% of the U.S. population ages 25 to 34 had a high school diploma or less; 9% had an associate's degree, and 33% had a bachelor's degree or higher (an increase of 2.5 million young people since 2000). Read More
Webinar Recording: Strengthening Child Welfare Agency Permanency Practices Listen to the final webinar installment in a three-part series exploring key components of Casey’s publication, 10 Practices: A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency. Read More
Critical Investments Should Target the First Eight Years of Life, Report Finds The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s latest KIDS COUNT policy report, The First Eight Years: Giving Kids a Foundation for Lifetime Success, presents a strong case for investing in the early years of a child's life. Decades of brain and child development research show that kids who enter kindergarten with below-average language and cognitive skills can catch up — but only if they are physically healthy and have strong social and emotional skills. Read More
Summit Stresses Developing Leaders of Color for Social Change To help millennials of color realize their potential, the social sector needs to develop a diverse pipeline of young social change leaders. Toward that end, the Casey Foundation funded the inaugural Brioxy White House Summit for Innovators of Color. Read More