The Annie E. Casey Foundation Releases 2020 KIDS COUNT Data Book The Casey Foundation released the 2020 edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book, an annual resource that tracks child well-being nationally and state by state and ranks the states accordingly. Learn why the Foundation released this year's report during the COVID-19 crisis. Read More
Helping Agencies Prioritize Kinship Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic Written for child welfare agencies nationwide, a new Casey Foundation fact sheet explores how kinship care can support children and how agencies can support kin families during the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
2022 High School Graduation Rate Improves for the First Time Since 2019 Data from the 2021–2022 school year show that U.S. high school students reached an historically high graduation rate, after holding steady at 86% since 2019. Learn more. Read More
Motivational Interviewing Technology Helps Youth Experiencing Homelessness Covenant House New York employs a tool called motivational interviewing to help residents more readily embrace change. Read More
Infants and Teens More Likely to Experience Foster Care Reentry Children who have exited foster care are more likely to return to care if they are infants, in their early teen years or have experienced a group placement before reuniting with their families, according to a new study conducted by the Center for State Child Welfare Data and funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read More
Prosecution of Young People as Adults Defies Spirit of Supreme Court Ruling In this guest post, the author reflects on the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Kent v. United States decision, which established the practices of today's juvenile courts. Read More
Rafael López Envisions a Better National Foster Care System Casey’s Lisa Hamilton talks with Rafael López about America’s child welfare system. Their conversation explores the system today, how it works and where it falls short. López also shares ideas aimed at transforming the system to better serve children and families in crisis. Read More
From the Field: Four Ways to Transform Juvenile Justice Now The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released videos on four emerging areas of juvenile justice practice — youth partnership, credible messengers, restorative justice and healing youth trauma. The talks inspire practitioners to think differently about what’s possible within their systems. Visit the post to watch the videos. Read More
New Matrix and Resources Describe Evaluation Practices That Support Equity A new interactive tool developed by Strategic Learning Partners advances evaluation practices that support racial equity. Read More