Atlanta’s Early Learning and Literary Resource Center to Partner with Educare The Atlanta Civic Site's Early Learning and Literacy Resource Center (ELLRC) at the Dunbar Learning Complex is partnering with Educare Learning Network to become Educare Atlanta. Read More
The Center for Working Families' Multifaceted Approach to Helping Struggling Families This brief overview outlines how the Center for Working Families Inc. is helping struggling Atlanta families through the nationwide employment drought. Read More
The Dunbar Learning Complex Celebrates Its Two-Year Anniversary The Dunbar Learning Complex celebrates its two-year anniversary and the early, but promising, results in its efforts to improve literacy for Atlanta children. Read More
Declining U.S. Economy Doesn’t Stop Gains in Child Education and Health, New Report Shows The 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book revealed both promising progress and discouraging setbacks for the nation’s children: While their academic achievement and health improved in most states, their economic well-being continued to decline. Read More
2012 National and State Data Profiles from the KIDS COUNT Data Book National and state data profiles with indicators from the 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book. Read More
Foundation Announces New Human Services Frontline Practice Strategy In order to shift to a grantmaking strategy that will help hundreds of foster care and other nonprofit human services agencies adopt innovative, proven approaches to improve child welfare practices, the Annie E. Casey Foundation will discontinue providing direct services through Casey Family Services. Read More
Baltimore Nonprofits Awarded Grants to Support Summer Programs for Local Kids Learn about the 21 local nonprofits that were awarded grants through Casey's 2012 Baltimore Direct Service Grant (BDSG) program, supporting summer activities for disadvantaged Baltimore City youths. Read More
More Children Raised by Relatives and Family Friends, Report Finds More than 2.7 million children in America are raised by grandparents or other relatives at some time in their lives. Read More
More Children on Path to Success at Dunbar Learning Complex Children at the Dunbar Learning Complex have shown significant gains in reading proficiency and early childhood development, and more are starting school prepared to learn, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read More
Brain Research Points to Better Results for Foster Care Youth The Adolescent Brain: New Research and Its Implications for Young People Transitioning from Foster Care, a report released by the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, synthesizes neuroscience research confirming that in the teenage years the brain undergoes a period of development – and a window of learning opportunity – similar to the early years of childhood. Read More
