Economic Security
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Featured Publications
Seizing the Moment: State Governments and the New Commitment to Reduce Poverty in America
2008
CLASP and Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, a Casey-funded initiative, have released a report highlighting national, state, and local efforts to address poverty. In this report, the authors identify which states have raised the political profile of fighting poverty and the challenges faced by those who struggle to make ends meet; also included are summaries of formal policy recommendations released by four states.
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Strengthening Workforce Policy: Applying the Lessons of the Jobs Initiative to Five Key Challenges
2007
This report identifies five central problems that confront policymakers who are interested in improving workforce development programs. Based on lessons learned from the Jobs Initiative, an eight-year Casey Foundation workforce initiative launched in 1995, the report outlines specific policy actions to address these challenges. The report focuses on policy at the local, state, and federal levels.
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Good Jobs and Careers: What Communities Need to do to Train and Move Low-Income, Low-Skilled People into Good Jobs and Careers
2004
This brochure wheel illustrates the 10 steps communities need to consider in creating a successful workforce initiative.
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Meeting the Housing Needs of Families: A Resource Guide
2000
This guide addresses the serious housing problems faced by millions of low-income families across the country and within the 22 Making Connections sites. Part of the TARC Resource Guide series.
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Building the Financial Vitality of Border Families
2008
This report was written to promote a greater understanding of the role that community foundations have in supporting and promoting family economic success strategies in the U.S.-Mexico border region. By highlighting the experiences of community foundations already involved in these initiatives, this report may serve as a guide for other funders who support using family economic success strategies as a part of their anti-poverty efforts.
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Strengthening Rural Families: Expanding College and Job-Skills Opportunities in Western Maine
2008
In Franklin County, Maine, a group of local leaders has brought community college classes and jobs skills training to their area, giving residents new opportunities to qualify for good jobs and higher expectations for their futures. It is also providing employers—and prospective employers—with a new supply of well-educated workers.
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Children's Budget 2008
2008
In an effort to draw attention to trends in decreased federal funding for children, First Focus published Children’s Budget 2008. This publication serves as a comprehensive guide to over 180 different federally-funded children’s programs as well as serves a helpful resource for all advocates, policymakers, and program administrators who support improving the well-being of America’s children.
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Using Local Creativity and Entrepreneurship to Build Family-Supporting Jobs in North Carolina
2008
Residents of the Appalachian region of western North Carolina are redeveloping their economy by building on their age-old tradition of crafts and using it as a springboard to also expand their agricultural and tourism industries. An Asheville nonprofit, Handmade in America, is providing support, inspiration and know-how to help the region build on its strengths.
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Working Together to Create Stronger Workforce Partnerships
2008
This report traces how various funders—national foundations, smaller local foundations, and government agencies can work together to have an impact on key economic challenges. Such collaborations foster new possibilities in the workforce field and should encourage other funders to support similar efforts.
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