Podcast Archive

Members of the 2010-2011 Children and Family Fellowship

Eighteen leaders from across the country have been named to the 2010-2011 class of the Children and Family Fellowship.

Apply Today: Atlanta Leadership Program for NPU-V Residents

The Casey Foundation and Partnership for Southern Equity are recruiting Atlanta residents for a program that builds local leadership for community change.

LEAP Partners Help Youth Build Financial Skills on Path to Success

Many youth in care miss chances to earn, save and learn about finances. Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential aims to close this information gap.

Reflecting on 25 Years of the KIDS COUNT Data Book: Quality Child Care for Working Families (1998)

The nation can no longer afford to separate the support children need from the challenges their parents face if we want either to succeed.

Nation Shifts Away From Costly, Unnecessary Confinement

Since 2007, the rate at which youth are placed in juvenile detention, correctional and residential facilities has steadily declined — falling 44% nationwide.

Comparing First to Last in the Economic Well-Being Ranks

Four out of the last five years, KIDS COUNT ranked North Dakota first and Mississippi last in economic well-being — a stark contrast in opportunity.

What’s Standing in the Way of Evidence-Based Programs?

Evidence-based programs could play a real game-changing role for child and family programs if the dissemination of such programs reached a larger segment of the population. A new report examines the lack of dissemination and offers recommendations.

Study: Long-Term Mentoring Helps Foster Families

Friends of the Children pairs mentors with youth in child welfare and now supports caregivers too — an approach showing promise, per a yearlong study.

Casey Foundation and Partners Support Federal Effort to Reduce Poverty in Rural Communities

Casey is one of several foundations supporting a new national demonstration project, launched by the U.S. departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, that takes a two-generation approach to combating poverty in rural areas.