Results-Based Leadership Development Helps Promise Neighborhoods Deliver Results in Mississippi For four years, the Casey Foundation has supported nine Promise Neighborhoods with results-based leadership to help kids succeed from cradle to career. Read More
Year One of the Rural IMPACT Project Officials and service providers met at the White House to discuss Rural IMPACT, a joint effort to reduce child poverty in rural and tribal communities. Read More
New Report Shows How Public Agencies Can Transform Foster Parenting A new Casey Foundation report explores how public agencies can enlist more individuals and families to become foster parents — and encourage those who now serve to continue their extraordinary commitment. Read More
Casey to Fund Three Emerging Scholar Awards for Researchers of Color The Casey Foundation is taking applications for research projects utilizing its Making Connections dataset, offered through the Emerging Scholars program. Read More
Students Have Room for Improvement When it Comes to Science Scores New KIDS COUNT data shows test scores are rising, though still low, and highlights achievement gaps across states and regions. Learn more. Read More
The American Family — For the Most Part — Still Has Two Parents The majority of children in America — two out of every three kids — live in married-couple households, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
Philanthropy’s Role in Helping Tomorrow’s Workers Excel An Aspen Institute report explores how philanthropy can help future low- and moderate-income workers thrive in a changing job market. Learn more. Read More
Strengthening America’s Immigrant Workforce Aspen Institute reports show how workforce and immigrant services intersect, offering ways to connect immigrants to skill-building and job advancement. Read More
One in Five American Kids Speak a Language Other Than English at Home In the U.S., one in five children — nearly 12 million kids — speak a language other than English at home, which research shows is beneficial for children. Read More
The Percentage of Adults Earning a Bachelor’s Degree is on the Rise Higher educational attainment is more commonplace among Americans, ages 25 - 34, according to new data on the KIDS COUNT Data Center. Read More
