Delaware and the Annie E. Casey Foundation

According to the 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book, Delaware ranked 30th among the 50 states in overall child well-being.

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On the Ground in Delaware

Child Welfare Strategy Group

Providing strategic consulting and technical assistance to child welfare agencies to keep children safe, strengthen the connections between children and their families and improve children’s long-term success.

Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)

JDAI^® is a network of juvenile justice practitioners and other system stakeholders across the country working to build a better and more equitable youth justice system.

KIDS COUNT Network

A group of state-based child advocacy and research organizations that use data to promote smart policies on issues ranging from child welfare and juvenile justice to education and economic opportunity.

Four New Cities Join Generation Work

The Casey Foundation has selected four cities for Generation Work. Read how they will improve employment outcomes for young adults of color.

Spotlighting Youth Engagement and Preventing Teen Placements

A special two-volume issue of Child Welfare features two articles penned by staffers of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The articles address two significant aspects of young people in foster care: youth engagement and keeping young people in families.

United States Sees Launch of First Guarantee Pool for Community Development Investments

The formation of the Community Investment Guarantee Pool, a new community development tool and the first of its kind in the United States, was announced on Jan. 28, 2020. The Casey Foundation is one of 10 philanthropies helping back the Pool.

What’s the Return on Investment?

Using Placement Analysis to Measure Child Welfare Costs

In this brief, child welfare leaders and agencies learn about an approach, called placement day analysis, that calculates the financial impact of diverting or shortening child welfare placements. Equipped with this information, decision makers can identify the right interventions and program changes to invest in moving forward.

State-Level KIDS COUNT Data Books in 2019

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Network tracks the well-being of children and families in each state. View the catalog of state-level data books and fact sheets released so far in 2019 to learn more about how children in your home state are faring.

Video: The Transformative Power of Financial Coaching for Low-Income Parents

A new TEDxWilmington talk highlights the benefits of financial coaching for low-income parents and zeros in on the story of Ms. Diaz, a single mother of three who turned her life around with the help of the Casey-supported program, $tand By Me.

Child Poverty Declines After Peaking in 2011

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.

Foster Care Can Spark Modest Improvements in Child Well-Being, New Research Shows

According to new research from Kids Insight, the well-being of many children in foster care improves while in custody. However, a minority of kids still struggle and agencies need to find innovative approaches to effectively meet their needs.

CaseyCast Podcast Highlights Delaware’s Child Welfare System Successes

In this episode of CaseyCast, the Foundation’s Lisa Hamilton and Delaware’s Division of Family Services director, Shirley Roberts, strike up an inspiring conversation about the state’s evolving child welfare system.

Crisis — and Opportunity — in Delaware’s Child Welfare System

In 2011, Delaware’s child welfare system wasn’t just in trouble — it was in crisis, with too many teens entering out-of-home care and later exiting foster care disconnected from family. To fix this broken system, the state launched a sweeping, data-driven reform effort called Outcomes Matter. The initiative boosted morale among caseworkers and gave kids and families a critical voice in the decision-making process. But the best part? The effort helped improve the well-being of Delaware’s children and families.

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