In a special policy issue of our Casey Connects newsletter, the Casey Foundation offers recommendations for policymakers, practitioners, advocates, and others committed to supporting children and families, particularly during these challenging economic times.

The newsletter offers a framework for improving federal policy in areas where we have the deepest experience and the best evidence of successful strategies, as well as profiles of people whose lives have been positively impacted by promising policy and practice reforms.

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.

Print copies of the Casey Connects newsletter are available free-of-charge by emailing your name, address, phone, and quantity requested to publications@aecf.org.