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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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What Grantees Want Funders to Know

October 22, 2024

The SPRD initiative aims to alleviate burdensome debt for communities of color in the South. Read how it's working and where there's room to improve.

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Building Evidence to Advance Equity

September 7, 2024

Casey spent seven years helping nonprofits better leverage data to advance equity. Discover the insights gained along the way.

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Guiding Questions to Advance Equity in Evaluation and Research

July 29, 2024

This resource shares guiding questions to foster a common approach for conducting equity-centered research and evaluation with partners. Learn more now.

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Developing a Theory of Change

June 29, 2022

This guide explains theory of change models, processes and products. Download to learn how to write a theory of change.

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Neighborhood Investment Flows Into Baltimore

August 7, 2020

This study tracks investment trends in Baltimore (2004–2016) and highlights disparities. Read a case study on East Baltimore’s $1B development effort.

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A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Within Data Integration

June 18, 2020

This tool kit helps organizations apply a race equity lens to administrative data and guides them through the six phases of the data life cycle.

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Children Living in High-Poverty, Low-Opportunity Neighborhoods

September 24, 2019

This snapshot shares national and state data on kids in high-poverty areas, highlighting the roles of race, ethnicity and geography.

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A Road Map to Quality Collective Impact Programming With Fiscal Independence

August 19, 2019

This report highlights how Rhode Island’s CYC evolved under the Evidence2Success® framework, becoming a more agile and independent organization.

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Family-Centered Community Change Report

July 9, 2019

This report highlights lessons from three cities in a Casey-led effort using a two-generation approach to support both children and parents.

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