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Reports, case studies and more from the Casey Foundation and its partners.

2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book

The 36th edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book highlights steady gains in some areas, setbacks in others and ongoing opportunities to better support children and families.

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2024 Annual Results Report

Powerful stories from young people, families and advocates driving change in their communities underscore that lasting solutions come from those closest to the challenges.

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Fostering Youth Transitions 2023

An examination of the experiences of young people in foster care and how child welfare systems help them transition to adulthood.

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Our Publications Series

The Casey Foundation occasionally releases its reports and tools as part of a series or collection.

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Operationalizing Equity

This report looks at the Casey Foundation’s decades-long journey to promote race equity and inclusion. Learn how Casey embedded equity principles in its operations.

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The Complete Guide to Self-Advocacy for LGBQ+ Youth Ages 14-21

October 12, 2021

This guide supports LGBTQ youth (ages 14–21) exiting juvenile justice, offering tips and tools to build life skills for successful reentry. Learn more.

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Using Congregate Care

September 29, 2021

This report examines first group placements in child welfare — how likely they are, how stable and their outcomes on permanence or return to care.

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From COVID-19 Response to Comprehensive Change

September 23, 2021

This brief recommends federal policy reforms that build on temporary pandemic-relief measures to expand support for older youth in foster care.

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Back-to-School Action Guide

September 7, 2021

A guide to using federal pandemic relief funds to rethink K–12 education and close the school-to-prison pipeline. Learn more now.

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The Role of the Judge in Transforming Juvenile Probation

July 29, 2021

A tool kit for helping judges jump start or accelerate probation transformation efforts in their jurisdictions.

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Improving Community Safety Through Public Health Strategies

July 20, 2021

The Casey Foundation sees gun violence as a public health crisis that requires community-informed, preventive solutions to improve safety. Learn more.

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Developing Two-Generation Approaches in Communities

July 14, 2021

This report shares a 7-year evaluation of Casey’s FCCC initiative in Buffalo, Columbus and San Antonio from 2013 to the end of funding in 2019.

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The 20201 KIDS COUNT Data Book Now Available

2021 KIDS COUNT Data Book

June 21, 2021

The Casey Foundation's 2021 KIDS COUNT Data Book provides findings on child well-being to guide policymakers, researchers and advocates in their work.

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Transforming Juvenile Probation

April 27, 2021

Juvenile probation terms should be long enough to connect youth to support, but short enough to avoid disrupting their lives and development. Learn more.

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