Two recent reports funded by the Casey Foundation explore challenges faced by young parents, particularly mothers of color. The publications also share recommendations for how public systems and policy makers can enhance outcomes for these parents and their children.
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an economic crisis and a grim employment landscape for young workers.
The Casey Foundation's 2020 KIDS COUNT® Data Book provides information on child well-being to help inform the work of the policymakers, researchers and advocates. Read the report here.
The Casey Foundation released the 2020 edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book, an annual resource that tracks child well-being nationally and state by state and ranks the states accordingly. Learn why the Foundation released this year's report during the COVID-19 crisis.
A handout funded by the Casey Foundation explains how governments can transform how they award contract work to bolster jobs and business development opportunities in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.
The Baltimore Health Corps aims to employ 300 Baltimoreans to trace potential COVID-19 infections and coordinate care for those who contract the disease. Learn more about the initiative.
The Casey Foundation's 2019 KIDS COUNT Data Book looks at how the child population has changed since 1990, as well as trends in child well-being over a recent period that saw continued improvement in economic well-being. Read the report to learn more.
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.
The 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book finds the economic well-being of children improved in the past five years. Similarly, gains in child health continued. Learn which states had the best and lowest overall child well-being now.
The 2016 KIDS COUNT® Data Book finds Generation Z is healthier and completing high school on time despite mounting economic inequality and increasingly unaffordable college tuition. Learn more here!
