The Casey Foundation's Investment in Economic Security
Our vision: Improvements in child well-being are closely tied to improvements in the economic security and success of their families
An increasing body of research shows that living in poverty or near-poverty can have a profound impact on a child’s life. These conditions affect how children develop, their readiness to learn and succeed in school, and ultimately, their ability to create better lives for themselves. When parents can secure a steady income and build assets they are better able to successfully address the physical, emotional, and educational needs of their children.
At the Casey Foundation, we believe there is an important role for both the public and private sectors in supporting families’ transition into the workforce, their employment stability once working, and their path to economic security.
- We developed the Family Economic Success approach as a way to address the difficulties low-income families face in trying to move up the economic ladder. We bring a wide range of resources together to help these families build economic stability for themselves and their neighborhoods.
- In our Making Connections sites and elsewhere, we help low-income families to achieve economic self-sufficiency and help communities become attractive and solid places for investment.
- In rural communities across the United States, child poverty rates register above the national average, with nearly one in five children living in poverty. Our Rural Family Economic Success framework offers strategies to and help families increase their income, stabilize their finances lives, acquire assets, and build wealth.
Overall, we believe that fostering family economic success is an essential part of achieving the mission of the Casey Foundation: to improve the conditions and outcomes of America’s disadvantaged children.
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