Building Community
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Featured Publications
Peer Networking and Community Change: Experiences of the Annie E. Casey Foundation
2008
Prepared by the Human Interaction Research Institute based on a two-year study supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this report describes 19 peer networking activities in which Casey was a promoter, a participant or both. The report focuses on how the activities support the Foundation's interests in community change and improving philanthropic practice. Results include both good practices and challenges of peer networking, and how these might be applied by Casey and other grantmakers.
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Understanding the State of Knowledge of Youth Engagement Financing and Sustainability
2008
Published by The Finance Project with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this report provides critical research and analysis to build the knowledge base on the variety and effectiveness of existing youth engagement approaches and puts forth what is known about the costs, financing, and sustainability of these approaches. This report also profiles several youth engagement programs that have implemented a variety of strategies to finance and sustain their work.
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Video Toolkit: Making and Using Videos At Making Connections Sites
2008
The purpose of this video toolkit is to assist Making Connections staff and partners in maximizing the use of videos to document, communicate, and enhance their Making Connections campaign strategies. It provides useful tips for any community change initiatives interested in creating videos.
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Child Trends Fact Sheet: Neighborhood Support and Children’s Connectedness
2008
This fact sheets provides information as to whether children’s outcomes are better if they live in environments that are supportive in terms of family, peers, and community. Results indicate that children from supportive neighborhoods are more likely to have stronger connections compared to their counterparts from less supportive neighborhoods.
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Peer Networking and Community Change: Experiences of the Annie E. Casey Foundation
2008
Prepared by the Human Interaction Research Institute based on a two-year study supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this report describes 19 peer networking activities in which Casey was a promoter, a participant or both. The report focuses on how the activities support the Foundation's interests in community change and improving philanthropic practice. Results include both good practices and challenges of peer networking, and how these might be applied by Casey and other grantmakers.
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Trusted Advocates: A Multicultural Approach to Building and Sustaining Resident Involvement
2007
This report summarizes the learning of a technical assistance peer match between two of the Casey Foundation's Making Connections sites -- White Center, Washington and Oakland, California. Key staff and community members came together to discuss building and sustaining resident involvement.
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Social Networks Make a Difference: Family Economic Success
2007
Fourth in a series of five reports on social networks, this document describes examples of concrete opportunities where a social networks approach can bolster the scope, scale, and sustainability of Family Economic Success results. It also contains some key insights about engaging particularly vulnerable families in the development of economic success measures that could enhance their opportunities to get ahead.
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