Child Welfare Grants is sponsored by The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Focuses on improving outcomes for children and young people facing significant challenges.

Ensuring the Future of Youth - The Annie E. Casey Foundation Our big ideas are building a brighter future for America's children, youth and families Read the 2025 Annual Results Report The annual results report offers grant highlights, financial information, and insights on measuring child and family well-being.

Expanding Opportunity for All Strategy: Advance Child Welfare › Ensuring children and youth grow up safely in families and communities that enable them to thrive Strategy: Foster Community Change › Building safe neighborhoods where children and families have access to quality education, jobs and housing Strategy: Increase Economic Opportunity › Creating opportunities for young people, parents and low-income individuals to build careers, savings and assets and achieve financial stability Strategy: Inform Evidence-Based Practice › Investing in proven programs that support the healthy development of kids and young people Strategy: Expanding Opportunity for All › Building the capacity of the public, private and nonprofit sector to promote opportunities for all children, families and communities Strategy: Transform Juvenile Justice › Improving the outcomes of youth in the juvenile justice system by eliminating the inappropriate use of confinement and out-of-home placement Strategy: Make KIDS COUNT › Providing data and tools for policymakers and advocates to advance policies that benefit kids and families Strategy: Support Leadership Development › Developing diverse talent and equipping leaders to achieve better results for kids, families and communities Strategy: Inform Research and Policy › Improving the lives of millions of children and youth by producing evidence on which ideas and programs work and by advancing sound policy reform Strategy: Cultivate Impact Investments › Investing endowment dollars for positive impact, improving the livelihoods of children and families What Children and Young People Need to Thrive Our work focuses on strengthening families, building stronger communities and ensuring access to opportunity, because children and young people need all three to succeed.

We advance research and solutions to overcome the barriers to success, help communities demonstrate what works and influence decision makers to invest in strategies based on solid evidence.

View all blog posts | Browse Topics Q&A: Majd Abdallah on Helping Teens in Foster Care Build Formative Experiences Students Suspended Out of School in Ninth Grade Face Greater Risk of Juvenile Justice Involvement Authentic Youth Engagement Starts With Recognizing Firsthand Experience as Expertise Adriana Galván and Lisa Lawson on Using Brain Science to Help Gen Z Thrive Discovering What Youth and Young Adults Need to Thrive Recommendations and Applications Open for Rising Leaders for Results Fellowship From 2016 to 2020, nearly 26% more children ages 3 to 17 had anxiety or depression in the United States.

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