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The purpose of the Knowledge Center is to provide advocates, policymakers, practitioners, the media, researchers, and community members with a range of Foundation resources developed either by Casey or one of our grantees. These resources capture the experience and learning of the Foundation in our efforts to improve outcomes for vulnerable children, youth, families, and communities.

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Featured Resource

Present, Engaged, and Accounted For: The Critical Importance of Addressing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades

Although students must be present and engaged to learn, thousands of this country’s youngest students are academically at-risk because of extended absences when they first embark upon their school careers. Nationally, an estimated one in ten kindergarten and first grade students are chronically absent (i.e., miss nearly a month or more of school over the course of a year). This report, commissioned by Casey, raises awareness of this issue, presents data on the scope of the challenge, and shares emerging insights about how to address it. The good news is that chronic early absence can be significantly reduced when schools, communities, and families join together to monitor and promote attendance, as well as to identify and address the factors that prevent young students from attending school every day.

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Data Spotlight

Kids in Single Parent Families

Thirty-one percent of children in the United States live in single-parent families. Find more information on child well-being in KIDS COUNT State-Level Data Online.

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