Partnership Seeks Proposals for Summer Programs Serving Baltimore Children Casey Foundation, Family League and Weinberg Foundation to invest nearly $1.5 million in enriching summer activities for youth. Read More
Homeownership Among Immigrants Continues to Decline Compared to kids from U.S.-born families, children in immigrant families are more likely to live in households that spend more than 30% of their income on housing (33% compared with 45%). Read More
Children in Immigrant Families Less Likely to Be Financially Secure Although they are more likely to have parents with full-time year-round employment, kids in immigrant families are more likely to live in low-income working families than their U.S.-born counterparts (37% vs. 22%). Read More
More Children in Immigrant Families In 2013, 17.8 million children lived in immigrant families, a 26% increase from the last decade. Of these children, 89% are U.S. citizens. Read More
Taking Stock of the Texas "Closer to Home" Study: Ten Lessons for the Juvenile Justice Field The Casey Foundation's Nate Balis explores the national implications of groundbreaking research on juvenile-justice reforms in Texas. Read More
CSG Report Offers National Implications for the Juvenile Justice Field The Council of State Governments, in conjunction with the Texas A&M Public Policy Research Institute, has released findings from a comprehensive study that looks at juvenile justice reforms undertaken by Texas. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Kweku Forstall and the Atlanta Civic Site As director of the Atlanta Civic Site team, Kweku Forstall oversees programs, investments and partnerships to increase educational and economic opportunities for children, families and communities in several southwest Atlanta neighborhoods. Read More
Second Year of Low-Cost RCT Competition Launched The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy has launched the second year of its three-year competition to select and fund promising low-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Read More
Connect With KIDS COUNT on Social Media Learn how to connect with KIDS COUNT and the Casey Foundation on social media. Read More
Detention Reform Pays Off: Bed Reductions Are Saving JDAI Sites More Than $100 Million Per Year JDAI sites are saving millions of dollars because of population reductions. Read More