"Upside Down" Report Calls for Equitable Tax Subsidies A new study shows more than half of the $400 billion spent by the U.S. in FY2009 on wealth-building strategies benefited the nation’s wealthiest 5%. Read More
How Many U.S. Kids Have Special Health Care Needs? In the United States today, 14 million children under the age of 18 have special health care needs. Read More
More Children in Immigrant Families in Poverty The percentage of children in immigrant families whose parents do not have secure employment increased from 2008 to 2011. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Laura Speer on the Well-Being of U.S. Children Laura Speer, Casey's associate director for policy reform and advocacy, offers insights from the 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book. Read More
The Importance of Healthy Workplaces for Young People With Systems Experience A new brief explores the importance of healthy, supportive work environments for young people with systems experience. Read more. Read More
Recession Increases Number of Children Living in Low-Income Families by 7% to 31 Million According to the Casey Foundation's 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the last decade has seen a decline in economic well-being for low-income kids and families. Read More
Will Asset-Building Policies Lead to Equity? Applying the Racial Wealth Audit Casey has backed four policies to grow family wealth and shrink the racial wealth gap — tested using the Racial Wealth Audit from Brandeis and Demos. Read More
Second Year of Low-Cost RCT Competition Launched The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy is holding a three-year competition to select and fund promising low-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Read More
Event Highlights Results From New York City’s Close to Home Initiative Casey CEO Patrick McCarthy says youth prisons fail kids and highlights NYC’s Close to Home as a national model for juvenile justice reform. Read More
Supporting Expectant and Parenting Youth in Foster Care and Their Children New York City and Sacramento County will implement comprehensive policies to meet the needs of expectant and parenting youth in foster care and their kids. Read More
