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The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) is a child welfare foundation (philanthropic organization), focused on improving the well-being of American children. The foundation's goals are to build better futures for disadvantaged children, and their families, in the United States. The AECF is one of the dominant organizations in child welfare issues in the U.S., and one of the most influential "watchdogs" for child welfare — famed for its publication of U.S. child welfare data, annually, through its ''KIDS COUNT Data Book'' — the most widely used reference on the subject. ==History== The AECF was started in 1948 in Seattle, Washington, by UPS founder James E. Casey and his siblings George, Harry and Marguerite. Their foundation was named in honor of their mother. The foundation moved to Baltimore in 1994.〔Arrillaga-Andreessen, Laura and Victoria Chang, ("The Annie E. Casey Foundation" ), ''Social Innovation'', 2006, Case No.SI74, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, retrieved 2015-08-05〕 (only partial article is viewable as web page; (Download full article here ).).〔("Our History" ), "About" section, official website, Annie E. Casey Foundation, retrieved 2015-08-05.〕 Originally a charity, chiefly focused on providing foster care, the organization gradually shifted to a broader role in advancing child welfare through social experimentation, research and publicity — particularly gaining notoriety as a "watchdog" over child welfare conditions across the nation. Along the way, it divested its foster care operations, while increasing its focus on family-preservation research, advocacy and action.〔〔Holder, Eric, Attorney General of the United States, ("Remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT 25th Anniversary Reception Dinner" ), Baltimore, MD, October 01, 2014, as posted on United States Dept. of Justice website, retrieved 2015-08-02〕〔Kelly, John, (Federal Funding for Child Welfare: 'How' Is the Hard Part" ), July 15, 2013, ''The Chronicle of Social Change'', retrieved 2015-08-05〕 Through its extensive publicity efforts, the AECF has become the leading independent source of information on the welfare of children in the United States, and one of the dominant organizations for advancing child welfare in the U.S.〔〔Tolchinsky, Amy, press release: ("Philanthropic Leader Douglas Nelson Named Chair of CDC Foundation Board" ), 2014-10-16, CDC Foundation Congressionally chartered affiliate of the CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Atlanta, Georgia, USA〕〔("Opportunity Youth Network" ), The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions, retrieved 2015-08-05〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Annie E. Casey Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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