Child Poverty Declines After Peaking in 2011 After the Great Recession, child poverty peaked at 23% in 2011, then declined — reaching a five-year low in 2015 when 1 in 5 children lived in poverty. Read More
Baltimore’s Promise Launches Expanded Career Pathways Program CareerBound is a new school-to-career pipeline for young Baltimoreans. Learn about the initiative. Read More
Community Connections for Youth Earns Casey's 2017 Gloria J. Jenkins Award The Casey Foundation named Community Connections for Youth its 2017 Gloria J. Jenkins Award winner for advancing community-led detention reform. Read More
Casey Fellow in Focus: Finding New Ways to Help Youth in Trouble Felipe Franco, a recent Children & Family Fellowship grad, uses Results Count tools to drive measurable change in child well-being. Learn how. Read More
Upcoming Webinar: How Your School or Nonprofit Can Better Engage Parents An Aug. 9 Foundation webinar will highlight a new tool that helps nonprofits and schools better engage parents in their work and develop parent leaders. Read More
Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences With the CDC This session looks at the lifelong impact of adverse childhood experiences and how to promote positive childhood experiences. Watch the webinar Read More
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Young Immigrants This session spotlights a community-led, non-clinical approach to supporting mental health in Latino communities. Watch the webinar. Read More
Webinar Recording: Experts Prescribe Prevention Science to Keep Kids on Right Path Prevention science aims to address youth behavior early to avoid violence, dropout, drug use and teen pregnancy. Watch a webinar to learn more. Read More
One in Five Children is Food Insecure in 2010 Recent data show that more than 1 in 5 U.S. children lived in homes that were food insecure at some point during the year. Read More
Pursuit of the Dream: Building Credit for Life This video explains how poor credit harms families and offers tips for building good scores while avoiding money traps. Read More
