A Decade of Data: Kids in High-Poverty Communities
Across the country, 14% of children are now living in high-poverty communities, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center.
Across the country, 14% of children are now living in high-poverty communities, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center.
Casey President and CEO Patrick McCarthy issues a statement related to executive actions on immigration.
Nearly 200 child and youth advocates gathered in San Antonio earlier this fall to discuss race and ethnic equity during the annual convening of the KIDS COUNT network. The unique focus on race during this year’s conference allowed the advocates to deepen their knowledge of systemic and institutional racism while brainstorming strategies to take back to their communities.
Access to racial and ethnic data provided by public institutions can often be too limited or too broad in scope to truly analyze inequities between children of color and their white counterparts. Alicia Van Orman, from the Population Reference Bureau, shared techniques for collecting publically-available data and disaggregating it by race during a webinar for the KIDS COUNT network.
After the Great Recession, the nation's child poverty rate increased steadily, peaking at 23% in 2011. Since then, the rate has been on a slow decline and, in 2015, reached its lowest level in five years, at which point one out of every five children lived in poverty.
In this episode of CaseyCast, host Lisa Hamilton talks with Stacey Abrams, minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, about the role of state policymaking in improving the lives of children and families.
Tools for Thought: Using Racial Equity Impact Assessments for Effective Policymaking, the third installment of the Race for Results case study series, highlights the use and effectiveness of Racial Equity Impact Assessment (REIA) tools, and gives leaders and advocates a tangible mechanism to craft race-conscious legislation and policies.
Casey’s Dennis Campa oversees two national networks of state advocacy organizations focused on improving the lives of vulnerable kids and families. In this Five Questions edition, Campa talks about the importance of state-based advocacy and how the Foundation uses national networks to help drive state policy reform.
New data from the 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Bookshows that America's teen birth rate has greatly improved in recent years. This historic low is encouraging as teenage childbearing can have negative consequences for both the mother and newborn.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation spoke with Samin Dadelahi, chief operating officer of the Wyoming Community Foundation, on why Wyoming ranks best for economic well-being of kids and families in the 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book.
