High-quality and affordable child care and early learning programs lay the foundation for young children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development. Since nearly 70 percent of children under age 6 in the United States had all available parents in the workforce in 2023, … Read More
Safety Permanency & Well-being
Young Leaders Gain Practical Tools and Strong Relationships In New Fellowship
The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently concluded the inaugural cohort of its Rising Leaders for Results Fellowship. The 21-month program supported 13 emerging leaders ages 24 to 31 in sharpening their leadership skills based on the Foundation’s Results Count® approach. Equipped with new tools and strategies, these young professionals now … Read More
Medicaid Reform, Youth Mental Health and EMS Corps
In the latest episode of CaseyCast®, Lisa Lawson speaks with public health innovator Alex Briscoe about how Medicaid, a program often viewed as a bureaucratic safety net, can become a powerful lever for systemic change, workforce development and youth well-being. Briscoe, a principal at the Public Works Alliance and … Read More
School Leaders More Likely to Support AI Use by Teachers Than Students
Public school leaders are more supportive of teachers using artificial intelligence (AI) than students, according to data from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Nationally, 69 percent of school leaders had somewhat or very favorable views of teachers’ use of … Read More
Explore Child Well-being Across the Nation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2025 KIDS COUNT® Data Book is here, with the latest rankings and national- and state-level data on child and young adult well-being. This year’s trends paint a complex picture: steady progress in some areas, setbacks … Read More
Journey to Success – Foster Care Independence Act
After successfully making their case to policymakers in Congress about needed policy action, young people from across the country proudly joined a White House bill signing ceremony of the Foster Care Independence Act. This landmark bipartisan legislation established the Chafee … Read More
A Majority of Hispanic Children in Households With Low Incomes Live in Two-Parent Families
The most common family structure among Hispanic children in households with low incomes is a married two-parent1 family (43%), according to our analysis of 2023 American Community Survey data. An additional 13 percent of these children live with two cohabiting parents. … Read More
Working With Families to Support the Children of the Opioid Epidemic
Babies born with prenatal opioid exposure (POE) can face developmental challenges as they grow, and our current systems of support do very little to help them. Every year, roughly 20,000 babies are born with POE in the United States and the extent … Read More
LGBTQ+ Youth and Families
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans Foster and Adoptive Parents: Recruiting, Assessing, and Supporting Untapped Family Resources for Children and Youth provides social work practitioners with guidelines for working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people interested in fostering or adopting. Although … Read More
High Turnover Exacerbates Staffing Needs at Louisiana’s Child Welfare Agency, Audit Finds
An analysis of the state’s child welfare staffing needs found Louisiana is short by at least 129 workers, though a member of Gov. Jeff Landry’s cabinet says the number doesn’t take into account certain factors. At the request of state … Read More