Nation Is Missing Opportunities to Strengthen More Than 6 Million Futures as Young Parents Lack Resources to Ensure Families Thrive A KIDS COUNT policy report illuminates needs and barriers facing nation’s young parents and their children. Read More
Nebraska Families and Youth in Care Gain Financial Skills — and Hope — in 100 Days The Nebraska Children and Families Foundation recently lead a charge to strengthen the financial capabilities of low-income families and youth aging out of foster care in Sarpy County. Read More
Who’s in Head Start? Three- and Four-Year-Olds Fill Programs Nationwide In 2016, the most recent full year of data on record, 1.1 million kids were enrolled in Head Start programs. Most of these children — nearly 76% — were three or four years old. Read More
Using Evidence-Based Practices to Help Students Succeed Against the Odds In West Virginia, a mentoring program supported by the Casey Foundation is utilizing evidence-based practices to help high school students from underserved communities earn an advanced degree in a STEM-based field. Read More
Poverty Talk: Basic Terms You Need to Know Now Experts talk about poverty in various ways. This post explains some of the most common terms used to describe poverty in the United States today. Read More
How Many Kids in the United States Are Living in Poverty? Across the United States, 14.1 million kids are living in poverty, with nearly 45% — about 6.2 million in total — living in extreme poverty. Learn more facts and statistics on childhood poverty in America and child poverty rates here. Read More
California Kids: Data on Growing up in the Golden State California’s outsized child population plays an important role in shaping child well-being statistics for the entire country. As a result, it’s worth checking in on — and learning more about — the Golden State’s youngest residents. Read More
Building a More Inclusive Economy in the South Work in the South is changing. The region’s longstanding economic staple — low-skill jobs — is giving way to middle-skill positions, and southern states have an important role to play in helping residents navigate this changing economic landscape, according to a new report funded by the Casey Foundation. Read More
One Million Missing: Undercount of Young Kids in 2020 Census Threatens Gains The 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book reveals improved child outcomes but warns of decade of damage from inaccurate census. Read More
2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book The Casey Foundation's 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book looks at trends in child well-being over a recent period that saw continued improvement in economic well-being but mixed results in the areas of health, education and family and community factors. Read More
