City Profiles of Child Well-Being Results From the American Community Survey This report looks at five indicators of child well-being for the 50-largest U.S. cities. Explore the data now. Read More
Business Leaders' Perceptions of KIDS COUNT This report summarizes data showing how business leaders in Fortune 1000 companies perceive and use the KIDS COUNT Data Books. Read More
Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building This report defines and explores the issues of white privilege and racism across the United States in community building work. Read More
Educating English Language Learners: Understanding and Using Assessment This guide, originally for charter schools, prepares schools to better assess the effectiveness of their English Language Learners (ELL) program and increase educators’ awareness of tools, instruments and relevant resources. Read More
A House of Cards: Refinancing the American Dream Borrowing to Make Ends Meet Due to ever-increasing financial pressures, families often depend on high-cost credit as a way to bridge the gap between stagnant or decreasing incomes and rising costs. This third brief in the Borrowing to Make Ends Meet series examines rising debt and debt burdens, as well as the consequences of leveraging equity. Read More
A Work in Progress Case Studies in Changing Local Workforce Development Systems This report evaluates the Jobs Initiative, Casey's six-city, eight-year effort to engage local institutions and stakeholders while identifying ways to improve workforce development services for disadvantaged job seekers. The ultimate goal was to find improved workforce development approaches and create large-scale, system-wide change. Read More
The High Cost of Being Poor Issue Brief #7 Child Care Subsidies This brief explores one topic: child care subsidies in Virginia. It examines who’s eligible and how the state can do better to make child care and school more affordable for working parents in need. It is both a product of the Casey Foundation’s “The High Cost of Being Poor” forums and the seventh installment in a series that shares strategies on advocating for low-income families across America. Read More
Internet-based Children's Data Users Perceptions of KIDS COUNT This brief presents survey data on KIDS COUNT products from users of the internet-based Child Trends Databank. Read More
Engaging Youth in Community Change A Making Connections Peer Technical Assistance Match between Hartford, CT; Providence, RI; and Boston, MA Documentation of a “peer match” between Making Connections’ Providence, Rhode Island and Hartford, Connecticut site teams with MYTOWN, a Boston-based non-profit that engages youth in civic education and advocacy projects. Read More
Indicators and Indices of Child Well-Being A Brief History This report examines efforts through time to identify and leverage social indicators of child well-being. Read how the work has evolved. Read More