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All posts tagged "Annie E. Casey Foundation"
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586► Reports2024 race for results: Building a pathway to opportunity for all children
A new report reveals progress but also highlights persistent disparities for children of color.
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839► ReportsChanging course in youth detention: Reversing widening gaps by race and place
A report finds widening racial and geographic inequities in youth detention since the pandemic.
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1.1K► Reports2023 KIDS COUNT data book: State trends in child well-being
The 34th edition of an annual, national report on child well-being is released.
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958► ReportsFostering youth transitions 2023
A new report compiles and examines data on foster youth ages 14 to 21.
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1.6KNewsReport: Fewer teens in foster care, but less than half find permanent homes
By 2021, neglect was the leading cause the system removed teens from their families.
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1.5K► Reports2022 KIDS COUNT data book: State trends in child well-being
The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases its 33rd annual report on child well-being across the nation.
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1.6KNewsAnnie E. Casey Foundation: Gun shootings fell by as much as 73% in areas where public health-focused “Cure Violence” was implemented
The Annie E. Casey Foundation reports that shootings fell by as much as 73% in communities implementing Cure Violence, an international gun...
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2.5KNewsNew Mexico moves up from last in nonprofit’s child welfare ranking
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Recently released data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows improvements to New Mexico’s child well-being, but the state...
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2.5K► ReportsMany Say Now is the Time to Fight Racial Bias in Foster Care
LIDERINA/SHUTTERSTOCK Cheri Williams looks back with regret at the start of her career as a child welfare caseworker in 1998. Systemic racism...
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1.4K► Reports2020 KIDS COUNT Data Book
The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases the 31st edition of its KIDS COUNT Data Book, describing how children across the United States were...
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2.9KNewsPercentage of Kids in Poor Areas Higher in 10 States, Puerto Rico, Casey Report Says
Despite the country’s longest-ever period of economic growth, the share of U.S. children living in high-poverty neighborhoods is on the rise in...
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2.4KNewsKids Count Data: Overall Child Well-Being Improves, but Big Racial Disparities Continue
The number of children in the United States increased by more than 9 million in 30 years, with most of that increase...
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4.3KNewsFormer Annie E. Casey President Looks Forward to Successor Changing Its Direction
When Patrick McCarthy first had lunch with Lisa Hamilton more than a decade ago, he remembers thinking, “She really sounds like a...
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3.6K► NewsmakersLisa Hamilton Will Be Next President, CEO of Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation announced the appointment of Lisa Hamilton as its next president and CEO. She succeeds Patrick McCarthy, who...
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1.8KNewsCensus Undercounting Biggest Danger to Children, Casey’s Kids Count Report Warns
Undercounting children under age 5 for the 2020 Census could have dire consequences for their public services, health and education, this year’s...
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1.9KNews‘What We’re Hoping to Do Is Expose People to Global Approaches, Organizations’
Angela Venza is regional director for the Americas at the International Youth Foundation. At a meeting at the Annie E. Casey Foundation...
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1.9KNewsChildren of Color Face Higher Barriers to Success, New Casey Report Says
The children of immigrants make up less than one-fourth of the nation’s youth population yet account for 30 percent of children living...
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayYouth-Serving Leaders Really Need the Value Add of Good Coaching
In the early fall, I will complete my 11th year at Jobs for the Future and my 46th year working in the...
