"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
American Indian Children Left Behind in Extreme Poverty In 2017, nearly 20% of American Indian children lived in extreme poverty. See how often kids from other racial and ethnic groups experience poverty. Read More
Nearly 425,000 Kids in Foster Care Before the COVID-19 Pandemic Hit in 2018 Nearly 425,000 children were in the U.S. foster care system before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Take a closer look at this demographic. Read More
Building Community Connections in Atlanta A new program launched this spring by local partners aims to increase networking opportunities for mothers in southwest Atlanta. Read More
Letters of Interest Sought for Low-Cost Randomized Control Trials The Annie E. Casey Foundation is joining the Laura and John Arnold Foundation in support of its expanded investment in identification and support of low-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to build evidence of programs that improve the lives of children and families. For 2016, the Arnold Foundation has released a new Request for Proposals. Letters of interest are due to the Arnold Foundation by March 1, 2016. Read More
The Jim Casey Initiative Advances Results Count The Jim Casey Initiative is using Results Count to drive equitable, measurable change for youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood. Learn more. Read More
Proportion of American Parents Without Health Insurance Hits Five-Year Low In 2015, 12% of all parents — 7 million Americans — lacked health insurance. This rate has steadily improved since 2010, when 18% of all parents lacked health insurance. The Affordable Care Act, signed in 2010, is attributed to the increased rates of parental insurance coverage. Read More
Atlanta's Sheltering Arms Leads Project to Expand Use of Two-Generation Strategies in Three States A new three-year project funded by the Buffett Early Childhood Fund will support the use of strategies to create opportunites for children and their parents to succeed together at Educare schools in Arizona, Louisiana and Maine. Read More
Patrick McCarthy Named President & CEO The Annie E. Casey Foundation Board of Trustees named Patrick T. McCarthy as president and chief executive officer, effective April 4, 2010. Read More
Casey Foundation Grantee Featured in Policy & Practice Case Commons earns high praise for supporting technology-smart casework in Policy & Practice magazine, a leading authority on public human services produced by the American Public Human Services Association. Read More
