Teen Birth Rate at Historic Low The teen birth rate in 2012 marks a historic low. Of the 4 million births that occurred that year, 305,000 were to teens between the ages of 15 and 19. Between 1990 and 2012, the teen birth rate was halved from 60 births per 1,000 teens to 29 births per 1,000 teens. Read More
U.S. Child Population Increasingly More Diverse In 2013, there were 74 million children living in the United States, comprising 23% of the nation’s total population. As the child population grew from 1990 and 2013, moving from 64 million to 74 million, it also became more diverse racially and ethnically. Read More
Young Kids are a Large Portion of Maltreated Children in United States In 2012, approximately 604,000 children experienced confirmed maltreatment (nine per 1,000 kids). Of these, 40% were younger than age 5. Read More
Community Matters Highlights Finance Strategies for Community Change Transforming low-income communities into places where families have the resources to thrive often requires a mix of public, private and philanthropic investments. This Community Matters webinar focuses on Casey's and the Calvert Foundation's unconventional approaches to financing community and economic development. Read More
Twenty-fifth Edition of KIDS COUNT Data Book Highlights Improvements Since 1990 National and state policy changes have resulted in positive changes for children since the first KIDS COUNT Data Book was released in 1990, but more are living in high-poverty neighborhoods and in single-parent families today, according to the Foundation's 2014 report on child well-being. Read More
La 25ª Edición del Libro de Datos KIDS COUNT Destaca las Mejoras Desde 1990 Los cambios en políticas nacionales y estatales han resultado en cambios positivos para los niños desde el primer Libro de Datos en 1990, sin embargo más niños viven en áreas de alta pobreza y familias monoparentales ahora, según el reporte sobre el bienestar de los niños de la Fundación en 2014. Read More
Indiana Approved to Claim Federal Funding for Modern Child Welfare Technology New federal waiver allows Indiana to request federal funding for key costs of Casebook, a core component of the state’s child welfare technology platform. Read More
Federal Funding for Truly 21st Century Technology Indiana receives federal waiver for MaGIK technology platform, setting the precedent for federal support of cloud-based and COTS technology. Read More
New Leadership Institute for State-based Advocates Class Announced The Casey Foundation recently announced the second class of its Leadership Institute for State-based Advocates. Read More
Jim Casey Youth Co-Investors The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative's work to help young people make successful transitions from foster care to adulthood is supported by a network of co-investors. Read More
