Upcoming Webinar: How Your School or Nonprofit Can Better Engage Parents An Aug. 9 Foundation webinar will highlight a new tool that helps nonprofits and schools better engage parents in their work and develop parent leaders. Read More
A New Opportunity for States: Parents and Children Thriving Together Initiative States, commonwealths and territories can apply now through Aug. 10 for a new initiative called Parents and Children Thriving Together. The initiative, led by the National Governors Association and the Center for Law and Social Policy, offers support for states as they develop and implement two-generation strategies. Read More
Moving Kids Out of Poverty is Possible; Casey’s New Podcast Explores How In this episode of CaseyCast, the Foundation’s Lisa Hamilton and the Brookings Institution’s Ron Haskins discuss America’s stubborn child poverty rate and how we can boost economic mobility among low-income families. Read More
Bipartisan, Common-Sense Solutions In a Jan. 28 column, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof highlighted the recent re-emergence of compassionate conservatism, a strand of moderate conservatism that includes a focus on reducing poverty and promoting opportunity. Read More
Federal Case Study Highlights Early Childhood Education in the Atlanta Civic Site A new case study from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development describes the efforts of Casey's partners to help kids and families in southwest Atlanta thrive through a two-generation approach to early childhood education. Read More
Single Parents Raising More Than a Third of U.S. Kids 2014 KIDS COUNT statistics suggest that single-parent households are growing more common across America as 35% of the country's kids live in single-parent homes. Read More
Promise in EastPoint: New Videos Spotlight San Antonio Community and Its Families Two new videos spotlight San Antonio's EastPoint community, where Casey has partnered with a local community development initiative working to transform the neighborhood into a better place for kids and families to live, work and grow. Read More
Webinar to Highlight Well-Being of Kids in Financially Struggling Families A Center for Financial Services Innovation webinar in November will focus on how kids in financially struggling families are faring. Read More
Connecticut and New Jersey Make the Grade The 2015 KIDS COUNT Data Book spotlights two states that are working to move their youngest children to the top of the class. Read More
