Poverty and Barriers to Opportunity in Atlanta This report on poverty in Atlanta explains how opportunities for children and families in Atlanta vary widely depending on race, ethnicity and where they live. Read More
Atlanta's Sheltering Arms Leads Project to Expand Use of Two-Generation Strategies in Three States A new three-year project funded by the Buffett Early Childhood Fund will support the use of strategies to create opportunites for children and their parents to succeed together at Educare schools in Arizona, Louisiana and Maine. Read More
Evidence2Success Action Plan Providence, Rhode Island 2015–18 Providence, Rhode Island, has adopted the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Evidence2Success framework, which champions the power of data and proven programs to improve the lives of children and youth. This document outlines the city’s three-year action plan for piloting the program in two neighborhoods. The goal? Prevent problems for young people in Providence communities before they happen, using effective public investments. Read More
Preschool Programs Out of Reach for Some Kids of Color and Low-Income Families KIDS COUNT Data Center offers new information about preschool enrollment. Read More
Reflecting on 25 Years of the KIDS COUNT Data Book: Quality Child Care for Working Families (1998) The nation can no longer afford to separate the support children need from the challenges their parents face if we want either to succeed. Read More
Partnership Seeks Proposals for Summer Programs Serving Baltimore Children Casey Foundation, Family League and Weinberg Foundation to invest nearly $1.5 million in enriching summer activities for youth. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Kweku Forstall and the Atlanta Civic Site As director of the Atlanta Civic Site team, Kweku Forstall oversees programs, investments and partnerships to increase educational and economic opportunities for children, families and communities in several southwest Atlanta neighborhoods. Read More
KIDS COUNT Webinar Recording: Creating Opportunity for Families The Casey Foundation hosted a Nov. 12 webinar on our new KIDS COUNT policy report, Creating Opportunity for Families: A Two-Generation Approach. The session highlighted ways the public, nonprofit and private sectors can work together to help equip the 10 million low-income families with young children in the United States with the tools they need to move out of poverty and thrive. Read More
Creating Opportunity for Families: A Two-Generation Approach A new KIDS COUNT policy report makes the case for creating opportunity for families by addressing the needs of parents and their children simultaneously with a two-generation approach. Read more here. Read More
