Expanded Partnership Seeks Proposals for Summer Programs Serving Baltimore Youth Baltimore’s largest charitable funders are teaming up, for the second year, to create new summer learning opportunities for city youth. Read More
New Federal Policies Could Reduce Racial Wealth Gap While Helping Families Build Savings The Annie E. Casey Foundation recommends federal policy changes to narrow the wide gap in savings between white families and families of color. Read More
New Casey Foundation Initiative Aims to Improve Job Prospects for Young Adults The Casey Foundation announced it will award $6 million in grants over the next four years to boost job opportunities for young adults in five U.S. cities. Read More
1.7 Million More Children Live in Low-Income Working Families Today Than in Midst of Great Recession The 2015 KIDS COUNT Data Book shows recovery left many behind. Policies supporting both kids and parents can help more families share in prosperity. Read More
Poverty and Barriers to Opportunity in Atlanta This report on poverty in Atlanta explains how opportunities for kids and families vary widely depending on race, ethnicity and where they live. Read More
Too Many Kids in U.S. Child Welfare Systems Not Living in Families About 57,000 kids in child welfare go to bed without a family. A new report urges action to connect more children with loving, supportive homes. Read more. Read More
Official Poverty Measure Fails to Provide an Accurate Assessment of Anti-Poverty Programs A Casey report says the outdated poverty measure from the 1960s fails to reflect how families are doing today or how programs are helping. Learn more. Read More
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
Thirty-five Largest U.S. Cities Saw Increase in Child Poverty Rate Between 2005 and 2013 The 2013 data show child poverty fell for the first time since 2008, but rates in major U.S. cities remain above pre-recession levels. Learn more. Read More
Twenty-fifth Edition of KIDS COUNT Data Book Highlights Improvements Since 1990 Policy changes since 1990 have helped kids, but more now live in high-poverty areas and single-parent homes, per the Foundation’s 2014 report. Read More
