How the High Cost of Child Care Hurts Families, Workers and the Economy

Fifty-state data in the 2023 KIDS COUNT Data Book show every state lacks essential child care for working parents. Learn more.
Learn more about the work of the Annie E. Casey Foundation by reviewing our latest news releases.
Fifty-state data in the 2023 KIDS COUNT Data Book show every state lacks essential child care for working parents. Learn more.
Children accounted for just 22% of the country’s total population in 2020, an all-time low, according to an analysis released by Casey Foundation.
Xander Perry succeeds May Ng as vice president and chief investment officer at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Learn more.
"Preventing and Ending Youth Homelessness in America" calls for urgent action to address the homelessness crisis affecting millions of young people.
Children in America are in the midst of a mental health crisis, struggling with anxiety and depression. Explore state-by-state data.
The Casey Foundation has selected 15 leaders for the twelfth class of its Children and Family Fellowship. Read who is in the new class.
As the federal government launched a new website for parents and caregivers eligible for an expanded child tax credit, the Casey Foundation released a 50-state data report that argues for making the expansion permanent.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has named Stephen Plank its new vice president of Research, Evaluation, Evidence and Data.
Thriving Families, Safer Children: A National Commitment to Well-Being has expanded its reach to include child welfare jurisdictions in 22 states that stretch from coast to coast and a sovereign tribal nation. Learn more about this effort.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has named Patrice Cromwell as vice president for its Center for Economic Opportunity.
Families require an immediate policy response to meet the needs of children during the COVID-19 pandemic, which — according to a new policy report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation — has left millions struggling with finances, school, work and mental health.
A new effort, Thriving Families, Safer Children, aims to move from traditional, reactive child protection systems to those designed to support child and family well-being and prevent child maltreatment and unnecessary family separations. Read the news release.
The Casey Foundation released the 2020 edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book, an annual resource that tracks child well-being nationally and state by state and ranks the states accordingly. Learn why the Foundation released this year's report during the COVID-19 crisis.
A new survey of juvenile justice agencies across the United States found the rate of young people admitted to detention fell 52% in March and April — a decline in two months equal to one that took place over 13 years.
A survey of juvenile justice agencies in 30 states has found that the number of young people in local secure detention centers fell by 24% in March 2020. Learn more about the results of this survey.
Six local organizations have received grants in a collaborative effort to help entrepreneurs of color overcome obstacles to starting and growing businesses in Baltimore City and the surrounding region. Learn how funders are supporting local small businesses.
The formation of the Community Investment Guarantee Pool, a new community development tool and the first of its kind in the United States, was announced on Jan. 28, 2020. The Casey Foundation is one of 10 philanthropies helping back the Pool.
Save the Children has joined forces with StriveTogether, Partners for Education at Berea College and the Annie E. Casey Foundation to develop and launch a first-of-its-kind collective impact effort for rural America. Learn more about this collective effort.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has two new vice presidents: Kimberley Brown, who has been named the Foundation’s vice president of human resources, and Katie Tetrault, now vice president of finance and grants management.
Find state-level statistics on concentrated poverty and how child poverty rates have changed over time in this KIDS COUNT data snapshot.