Blog Archive

United States Sees Small Gains With Low Birthweight Babies

In 2015, 8.1% of U.S. babies — over 320,000 — were born at low birthweight, a rate similar to Kenya, Iran, Uruguay and Tanzania. Learn about small gains.

The Growing Role of Public Assistance in Childhood

From 2005 to 2017, 46 states saw an uptick in the share of kids whose families received public assistance. Learn which states were outliers.

Ohio JDAI Collaborative Expands Representation to Detention Hearings

Ohio JDAI reforms ensure that detained youth in their counties are represented by counsel.

Atlanta’s Early Learning and Literary Resource Center to Partner with Educare

Atlanta’s Early Learning & Literacy Resource Center at the Dunbar Learning Complex partnered with Educare Learning Network to become Educare Atlanta.

What Wyoming Does Well: KIDS COUNT Leader in Economic Well-Being

Samin Dadelahi shares why Wyoming leads in kids’ economic well-being, as highlighted in the 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Casey Foundation.

McCarthy: “Let Us Be the Leaders Who Witness the Closing of the Last Training School”

Former Casey Foundation President & CEO Patrick McCarthy gave the keynote at the 2010 Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-site Conference.