Annie E. Casey Foundation

Join us LIVE on Instagram on July 18 to dive into the state of education in Florida. In this year’s KIDS COUNT Data Book, Florida ranked 30th overall in child well-being. It also ranked 5th in the education domain — the highest-ranking state outside of New England. Norín Dollard of Florida Policy Institute will join Karina Jiménez Lewis to discuss the context of these scores and what details the data may not show. Follow @annieecaseyfdn on Instagram to stay updated: https://lnkd.in/gB5DS2Vi

Let's Change the Odds so all Atlantans can thrive! Together we can do this! In my July 6 AJC Opinion piece, I stress the urgent need and ripe opportunity for Atlantan's to work together to assure that all of our neighbors have access to opportunities to reach their full potential and share in the growing prosperity of our great city. Changing the Odds means tackling persistent systemic challenges instead of relying on individuals to struggle to beat the odds created by those systems on a daily basis. The latter is a losing proposition, and is not reasonable to expect or even fair to ask. Unfortunately, beating the odds each day is a stark reality for far too many of our Black and brown neighbors. The recent Annie E. Casey Foundation report on racial gaps and disparities in Atlanta - Changing the Odds: Comprehensive Solutions for Atlanta's Future - tracks neighborhood, education and economic data by race to identify challenges and highlight solutions. The report calls for investments in community-led solutions to community challenges, from expanding affordable housing and making new resources available for entrepreneurs of color, to making sure high school students have access to rigorous coursework, to assuring the availability of high-quality, affordable early learning so parents can work and advance their careers, to investing in equitable and inclusive development like we're seeing at Pittsburgh Yards on the southside of Atlanta. https://lnkd.in/eP-CVV7V The Changing the Odds Network, which was organized after the first Changing the Odds report in 2015, works collaborativley across public and private sectors on crosscutting solutions that you can read about in the report. Please reach out to me if you're interested in joining the Changing the Odds Network! Let’s Change the Odds for our young people, families and communities. Nothing could be more important to Atlanta now or in the future, and nothing would make a greater difference. https://lnkd.in/egGVf4Gn

What is Arizona doing to improve child well-being? Our partner Annie E. Casey Foundation recently released ITS KIDS COUNT Data Book, which uses national and state data across four domains — economic well-being, education, health and family and community — to assess how each state is working for kids. Download the full report to learn more. https://lnkd.in/grmC2ZRj

The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of its newest board member: Norman Brothers, Jr., the chief legal and compliance officer at UPS. An executive vice president, Norm joined UPS in 2000. He also serves on the board of directors of Reach for Excellence, the board of trustees of Marist School and the Atlanta Police Foundation. We look forward to partnering on building a brighter future for the nation’s kids and families.

Congratulations to Pittsburgh Yards® on their newest addition! This effort exemplifies the power of community-driven investment. The Annie E. Casey Foundation invests in family, community, and opportunity, recognizing that kids and young people need all three to thrive. #CommunityInvestment #YouthDevelopment

More than half of all deaths of Black teens in the U.S. are due to gun violence, and young Black boys are disproportionately more likely to be victims of gun homicides. Download the 2024 KIDS COUNT Data Book to learn more. https://bit.ly/4ce2OSN

We’re proud to partner with Annie E. Casey Foundation on its 2024 KIDS COUNT Data Book release! In addition to providing the latest data on child well-being and a detailed analysis of well-being trends, this year’s report takes an in-depth look at the academic setbacks children have faced since the COVID-19 pandemic and proposes solutions to better support the educational achievement of all U.S. kids. Download the full report to learn more about how our state is working for kids. https://lnkd.in/grmC2ZRj

Gen Z workers are more likely to go to college, be employed and earn higher wages than Millennials. However, Gen Zers are also paying 31% more for housing and spending 46% more on health insurance than their counterparts were just 10 years ago — and their earnings don’t go as far, since inflation-adjusted income only increased by 26% during the same time period.

The two leading causes of infant mortality in the U.S. are having a low birth weight or being born preterm, and babies with these conditions are also at an increased risk of long-term health and developmental problems. https://bit.ly/4ce2OSN

Atlanta, one of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's hometowns, is a dynamic city of great potential, exciting growth and increasing diversity. But within those positive characteristics, inequities persist that prevent some Atlantans from sharing in the city's prosperity. The third installment of the Foundation's Changing the Odds series shares data to illuminate these barriers and stories of promising approaches to overcome them.