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Casey Connects Newsletter

The Casey Foundation’s print newsletter documents our work across the country to help vulnerable children and families succeed.

Casey Connects Fall 2009

This issue of our Casey Connects newsletter explores ways that Casey is working to make sure new public policies benefit vulnerable families. more >>

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Casey Connects Winter 2009: Special Policy Issue

This special policy issue of our Casey Connects newsletter provides a framework for improving federal policy in areas where the Foundation has the deepest experience and the best evidence of successful strategies. Included are recommendations for reducing poverty and promoting opportunity, reforming the child welfare system, rebuilding the juvenile justice system, and improving the nation’s data on children and families. more >>

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Casey Connects: Summer 2008

Sustaining improved outcomes for children is enormously difficult when their families face so much stress and distress because of economic circumstances. This issue describes how the Casey Foundation has stepped up efforts to support promising efforts nationwide to combat poverty, while also building the popular and political will needed to spur action by federal, state, and local policymakers. The issue also features highlights of the 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book, which includes an essay offering a roadmap for reforming the nation’s juvenile justice system. more >>

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Casey Connects: Winter 2008

Why is a foundation devoted to disadvantaged children supporting major redevelopment projects in Baltimore and beyond? Casey’s community change strategy is grounded in the belief that improving distressed neighborhoods will boost children’s odds for success. The Winter 2008 issue of Casey Connects highlights efforts in Baltimore and other cities to promote responsible redevelopment -- to ensure that residents who either stay or are relocated truly benefit and that the rebuilding process is carried out in partnership with the community. more >>

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Casey Connects: Spring 2007

Visit any community where the Casey Foundation provides support, and you'll find a common denominator: talented, passionate residents who are deeply involved and assuming leadership. The Spring 2007 issue of Casey Connects, our quarterly newsletter, describes just how pivotal community engagement is to the Casey mission. It also highlights examples of how we work directly with community members to make a significant difference in the lives of children and families. more >>

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Casey Connects: Winter 2007

This issue highlights steps being taken and markers of progress in an emerging national movement to ensure that no child grows to adulthood without a lifelong connection to a caring adult. The issue also celebrates four new organizations honored by the Casey Foundation's Families Count program. more >>

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Casey Connects: Summer 2006

In this issus: KIDS COUNT Data Book Urges Support for Family-Based Child Care; Casey Family Services Marks 30 Years of Helping Children and Families; Event to Focus on Permanent Family Connections; Former Foster Youth Shares Story; Resource Corner; INSITES. more >>

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Casey Connects Newsletter, Issue 23, Winter 2006

This issue highlights the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Juvenile Detention Reform Initiative (JDAI) and how detention systems are failing to meet the needs of girls. more >>

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Casey Connects: Fall 2005

This special electronic issue of Casey Connects is designed to chronicle evolving responses from our network of grantees and partners to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. more >>

Casey Connects Newsletter, Issue 20, Spring 2005

In this issue the articles focus on pursuing permanent families for children and youth, and reducing racial disparities in child welfare. more >>

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Casey Connects: Summer 2005

In this issue: KIDS COUNT Message Highlights Barriers to Employment; Report Calls Attention to Plight of Children Living on the Border; Resource Corner; INSITES. more >>

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Casey Connects Newsletter, Issue 19, Winter 2005

This issue focuses on applying Casey lessons to rural poverty and using deposits to invest in community well-being. more >>

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Casey Connects Newsletter, Issue 18, Fall 2004

This issue focuses on executive leadership transitions in nonprofits, and the impact that Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) campaigns have on low-income workers. more >>

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Casey Connects Newsletter, Issue 16, Winter 2004

This issue highlights efforts for successful reintegration and the important of leadership in sustaining “Family to Family” reforms. more >>

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Casey Connects: Summer 2003

IN THIS ISSUE: Countering the Hidden Costs of Poverty; Notes of Recognition; Supporting America’s Other Frontline more >>

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Casey Connects: Winter/Spring 2003

This issue explores the role of the faith community in family strengthening. more >>

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Casey Connects Newsletter, Issue 15, Fall 2003

This issue contains articles that focus on immigrant and refugee families struggle to survive in America, National Family Week, and the Charitable Giving Act. more >>

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Casey Connects Newsletter, Issue 9, Winter 2002

This issue focuses on the Foundation’s juvenile justice, family economic success, and immigration work. more >>

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Casey Connects Newsletter, Issue 12, Fall 2002

In this issue articles focus on family strengthening messages, National Family Week, and on the resource center. Also included is a story of one community group offering self-help to low-income families who desire to achieve a piece of the “American Dream.” more >>

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