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
Abuses Show Danger and Ineffectiveness of Residential Confinement for Youth New revelations of abusive treatment of youth have surfaced in residential facilities in Florida, Iowa and Kentucky, providing further evidence that our residential confinement model for young people isn’t working and must be rethought. Read More
Casey Hosts 100 Experts to Explore Building Evidence for Two-Generation Approaches More than 100 researchers, evaluators, funders, providers and other experts gathered in Balitmore to discuss strategies for evaluating two-generation work and the challenges of building evidence for these approaches. Read More
More Children Insured Hitting a three-decade record, 9% of U.S. children (7 million) were without health insurance in 2011. This represents one million more children with insurance than in 2000. Read More
Helping Communities Strengthen Services for Children and Families Casey’s desk guide for state leaders illustrates the ins and outs — and the necessity — of building a high performing child welfare agency with community support. Read More
Rate of 2-Year-Olds Immunized Jumps 56% in Six Years August is National Immunization Awareness Month — and the latest immunization rates reported on the KIDS COUNT Data Center indicate that there’s cause to celebrate. That’s because 75% of 2-year-olds across the country were immunized in 2015. Read More
Baltimore Work Models Responsible Redevelopment A reflection on Doug Nelson's involvement in East Baltimore redevelopment during his 20 years as president and CEO of the Foundation. Read More
Watch Our Webinar: Integrating Data to Improve Family Outcomes A new webinar from the Annie E. Casey Foundation — now available via recording — examines how organizations are leveraging data to enhance both programs and outcomes for families. Read More
Atlanta Community Investment Fund Seeks 2014 Grant Applicants Through the 2014 Atlanta Community Investment Fund, the Foundation provides small grants to organizations and resident networks. 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
