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. Read More
Generation Z Breaks Records in Education and Health Despite Growing Economic Instability of Families The teenagers of Generation Z — the rising cohort born after 1995 that follows the Millennials — broke records in education and health indicators despite growing up in the midst of the economic downturn, according to the 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie. E. Casey Foundation. Read More
Atlanta Beltline Partnership And Casey To Host Pittsburgh Rise Festival Festival on May 21st is free of admission and open to the public. The event includes food, hoops, chess, balloon rides, gospel and home tours in southwest Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood. Read More
New Casey Report Recommends Policies to Help Millions of Children With Incarcerated Parents More than 5.1 million U.S. kids have a parent who has served time. In a new report, A Shared Sentence: The Devastating Toll of Parental Incarceration on Kids, Families and Communities, the Annie E. Casey Foundation recommended policy reforms that would help millions of children who struggle with emotional and financial instability as a result of having an incarcerated parent. Read More
The Foundation Awards Over $850,000 in Grants to Summer Programs for Baltimore Kids and Youth The Casey Foundation has awarded grants to 43 local nonprofits through its Baltimore Direct Services Grants (BDSG) program, amounting to a combined $860,000 that will support summer activities and programs for hundreds of Baltimore City’s young people in 2016. Read More
Casey Foundation Announces Tenth Class of Children and Family Fellows Outstanding human service and social change leaders from 13 states will develop results-based leadership skills to build bright futures for children and families. Read More
New $5 Million Grant Program Will Connect Youth Facing Obstacles to Higher Education and Employment In partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service’s Social Innovation Fund, the Annie E. Casey Foundation announced today that it plans to award $5.4 million in grants over the next three years to help more teens and young adults complete high school and postsecondary education and build paths to careers. Read More
Expanded Partnership Seeks Proposals for Summer Programs Serving Baltimore Youth Baltimore’s largest charitable funders are teaming up, for the second year, to create new summer learning opportunities for city youth. Read More
New Federal Policies Could Reduce Racial Wealth Gap While Helping Families Build Savings The Annie E. Casey Foundation recommends federal policy changes to narrow the wide gap in savings between white families and families of color. Read More
New Casey Foundation Initiative Aims to Improve Job Prospects for Young Adults The Annie E. Casey Foundation announced today that it plans to award $6 million in grants over the next four years to increase job opportunities for America’s young adults in five cities, enabling them to begin building careers and develop the skills employers need. Read More
