Funding Permanency Services A Guide to Leveraging Federal, State and Local Dollars This guide helps readers brush up on the finer points of child welfare funding. It also highlights how states and localities can dial back costly congregate care in favor of community-based permanency services for children and families. Read More
Responsible Redevelopment in East Baltimore This report outlines the goals, strategies and progress of the East Baltimore, Maryland, Revitalization Initiative. Read More
Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters A KIDS COUNT Special Report on the Importance of Reading by 3rd Grade Millions of American children get to fourth grade without achieving a 3rd grade reading level, and that puts them on the high school dropout track. Learn why the ability to read is critical to a child’s success in school. Read More
Focusing on Results in Promise Neighborhoods Recommendations for the Federal Initiative This report explains how to implement the Federal Promise Neighborhoods initiative using Results-Based Accountability. Read More
The Missouri Model Reinventing the Practice of Rehabilitating Youthful Offenders Kid “jails” are routinely found to be unsafe, unhealthy and unconstitutional, but not in Missouri. Learn how the Missouri Model has reinvented juvenile rehabilitation for the better. Read More
U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions National and State Trends, and Trends by Race and Ethnicity This report details the most current teenage pregnancy, birth, and abortion statistics as of January 2010. It concludes with discussion of the methodology and the sources used to obtain the estimates. Read More
The 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book State Profiles of Child Well-Being This 21st annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides national and state-by-state information on the conditions of America’s children and families. Find out how kids are doing on ten key indicators of child well-being. Read More
Back on Track Transforming Virginia's Child Welfare System A collaboration between the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Commonwealth of Virginia decreased the number of children in foster care and reduced the state’s overreliance on congregate care. This case study describes the effort that successfully introduced a family-centered child welfare practice model, increased both permanency rates and access to community-based care, and reduced overall spending. Read More
Improving School Readiness in DeKalb County, Georgia This case study provides an example of how Casey's results-based Leadership in Action Program helped leaders in a Georgia community work more collaboratively and produce measurable results to improve the lives of children. Read More
Facing Our Future Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Enforcement This report examines the consequences of parental arrest, detention, and deportation on 190 children in 85 families in six locations across the country. Read More
