The Center for Working Families' Multifaceted Approach to Helping Struggling Families This brief overview outlines how the Center for Working Families Inc. is helping struggling Atlanta families through the nationwide employment drought. Read More
Immunization Rates Among 2-Year-Olds Continue to Rise The proportion of 2-year-olds who were immunized rose in all 50 states — and increased 55% nationally — from 2009 to 2015. Read More
Let KIDS COUNT Send You the Latest Data on Child Well-Being Sign up to receive email updates on child well-being indicators new to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
New to the Neighborhood – and Loving It Meet Meghan Thomas. She’s mother to 8-year-old Khalil and a rookie real estate agent. She’s also the first person to buy a newly renovated home in Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood – one of more than 50 being rehabbed as part of a multiyear redevelopment project. 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
Decline in Foreign-Born Children In 2013, 3% of children in the United States were foreign born. Read More
Look for the 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book on June 21 The Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual KIDS COUNT Data Book will be released June 21, 2016. The report measures the well-being of children across the nation, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Read More
New Webinar to Look Deeper at JDAI Results Data In a new webinar from the Casey Foundation, experts walk through the data featured in JDAI at 25: Insights From the Annual Results Reports. Watch now. Read More
Supporting Neighborhood Leadership and Change in Atlanta: A Video on the Community Investment Fund A new video highlights the Foundation’s Community Investment Fund, which supports resident-led neighborhood improvement projects in southwest Atlanta. Read More
Employers Are Target of New Campaign to Add Young People to Workforce Nearly 6 million young adults are out of school and seeking work. Forty percent of employers say a lack of skills among workers is the main reason for job vacancies, and two-thirds report difficulty filling open positions. A new Ad Council campaign encourages employers to take a different approach to hiring to help bridge that gap. Read More
