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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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Strengthening Research Through Participatory Methods

January 1, 2021

Researchers partnered with 10 young LEAP participants to strengthen a study of how to help youth progress in school and work. Read the findings.

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Kids, Families and COVID-19

December 14, 2020

This KIDS COUNT report uses Census data to show how families with kids fared during the pandemic, highlighting health and economic challenges nationwide.

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Job Training for Youth With Justice Involvement

December 9, 2020

The National Youth Employment Coalition released a toolkit to boost collaboration between workforce and juvenile justice professionals. Learn more.

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Building Equity by Supporting the Whole Student

November 30, 2020

This report highlights two community colleges helping underserved students succeed through a 19-college, four-state network of integrated support services.

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The Effects of Training for Adoption Competency on Clinical Services With Adoptive Families

November 9, 2020

This study finds that the Training for Adoption Competency model improves clinical care for adoptive families, adopted youth and birth parents. Read more.

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Four Principles to Make Advanced Data Analytics Work for Children and Families

October 26, 2020

This brief looks at the rise of advanced data analytics and explores the challenges and opportunities it creates for agencies. Learn four principles for the effective and...

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To Adapt Interventions to Serve Youth That Have Been Marginalized, Service Providers Can Seek Funding From Public Agencies

October 19, 2020

This brief presents findings on two neighboring jurisdictions that implemented an intervention called Multisystemic Therapy for Emerging Adults.

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Keeping Youth Out of the Deep End of the Juvenile Justice System

September 9, 2020

This report presents findings from a multiyear evaluation of the Casey Foundation’s deep-end reform, an initiative designed to safely, significantly and equitably reduce...

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The Latinx Data Gap in the Youth Justice System

September 8, 2020

This report reviews state-level youth justice data and highlights gaps in how Latino youth are counted. Also, learn tips for better data practices.

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