Getting Back on Track Effects of a Community College Program for Probationary Students This report examines the findings of an evaluation of two community college programs – Opening Doors and Enhanced Opening Doors – at Chaffey College in Southern California. Read More
Mental Health Practice Guidelines for Child Welfare This publication shares guidelines for improving the behavioral health of youth in state custody. Child welfare experts, behavioral health leaders, and child and youth advocates developed this guidance as part of a 2-day conference convened by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs and The REACH Institute. Read More
Feeding Our Future Growing Up Healthy with WIC This brief highlights the impact of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) on very young children. Read More
The Forgotten Fifth Child Poverty in Rural America This report takes a hard look at poverty in urban and rural communities. It makes a clear case for why policymakers should look beyond the urban landscape — and to the American countryside — when creating services and programs aimed at helping rural children in need. Read More
Ranking States on Improvement in Child Well-Being Since 2000 A KIDS COUNT Working Paper This report uses the 10 KIDS COUNT indicators to assess increases and decreases in absolute child well-being. View the data for each state since 2000. Read More
Youth Violence Myths and Realities: A Tale of Three Cities The Different Story of Delinquent Youth as Told by the Media and by Juvenile Justice System Professionals and the Youth Themselves This report examines the youth perspective on violence, life circumstance, and the response of the justice system to a supposed growth of violence among troubled youth. Read More
Reports on America Children in Immigrant Families Chart New Path The vast majority of the 16 million children in America's immigrant families are U.S. citizens who were born in the United States to foreign-born parents. The well-being of children in immigrant families varies based on their parents' country of origin, education, and the circumstances of their migration to the United States. Read More
Responsible Approaches to Neighborhood Stabilization Case Studies in Action Using several case studies, this report delves into a more holistic understanding of what’s involved in community renewal and stabilization as government-led agencies try to restore neighborhoods devastated by the 2009 foreclosure crisis. Read More
Ten Considerations for Advocacy Evaluation Planning Lessons Learned from KIDS COUNT Grantee Experiences This document focuses on what it takes for KIDS COUNT and other policy advocates to address the theoretical steps of evaluating their work and how to apply these steps in real work. Read More
Improve the Nation's Data on Children and Families The Annie E. Casey Foundation Issue Brief The Annie E. Casey Foundation outlined several policy recommendations to update and improve the nation's information infrastructure as it applies to calculating poverty rates and poverty reduction efforts. Read More
