The 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book State Trends in Child Well-Being The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2012 KIDS COUNT® Data Book shows both promising progress and discouraging setbacks for the nation’s children: While their academic achievement and health improved in most states, their economic well-being continued to decline. The new methodology reflects the tremendous advances in child development research since the first KIDS COUNT Data Book in 1990. Read More
Transforming Juvenile Probation Executive Summary A Vision for Getting It Right The Annie E. Casey Foundation lays out its vision for transforming juvenile probation into a focused intervention that promotes personal growth, positive behavior change and long-term success for youth who pose significant risks for serious offending. Read More
The Economic Well-Being of Youth Transitioning From Foster Care Opportunity Passport Participant Survey Results Show Employment Helps Many Thrive Learn how to design effective policies and practices that supply the resources, relationships and opportunities needed to help these young people successfully transition into adulthood. Read More
How Families Survive and Thrive in the American Indian and Alaska Native Community Seeing the Protective Rainbow: Family Resiliency in Native American Communities The study looks at unique resiliency themes, factors and characteristics that have allowed Alaskan and Native American peoples to thrive through social and political persecution. Read More
What Young People Need to Thrive Leveraging the Strengthening Families Act to Promote Normalcy This brief draws upon the voices of young people in transition from foster care to adulthood to explore the need and strategies for providing typical experiences — or normalcy — for kids in foster care. Read More
Focus on Children With Incarcerated Parents An Overview of the Research Literature Over 1.5 million children in the US have a parent in prison. Learn how parental prison time affects kids and what resources are available to help kids, caregivers and parents. Read More
Authentic Youth Engagement Youth-Adult Partnerships This issue brief outlines how child welfare agencies can support both strong youth-adult partnerships and authentic youth engagement. The end goal is simple: Help young people in foster care become meaningfully invested — and connected — as they move toward adulthood. This publication is a product of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative. Read More
What's Going On In There? Understanding the Adolescent Brain and Its Implication for Young People This fact sheet outlines brain research for teens and how kids in foster care are impacted during development by the lack of close relationships. Read More
Reflections on Applying Principles of Equitable Evaluation The Annie E. Casey Foundation enlisted WestEd to conduct four evaluations over a two-year period. This document revisits WestEd’s work and the authors’ broader experiences conducting research and evaluation studies. Along the way, readers will explore three basic questions: What is equitable evaluation? How can it be applied? And: What have the authors learned about implementing equitable evaluation principles? Read More
Job Training for Youth With Justice Involvement A Toolkit The National Youth Employment Coalition has released a tool kit aimed at fostering meaningful collaboration between professionals in the federal workforce development system and the juvenile justice system. Read More