Amoretta Morris: Five Questions with Casey Senior Associate Amoretta Morris describes family-centered community change. Read More
What Kinship Families Need to Help Kids Thrive Kinship families need help to support kids in their care. Casey offers three policy recommendations to aid families who have stepped up to care for kids. Read More
Making Detention Reform Work for Girls A Guide to Juvenile Justice Reform #5 Casey’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) produced a practical, detailed, how-to guide to tackle the issue of girls held in detention facilities and get true detention reform for girls started in JDAI sites. Read More
The First Eight Years Giving Kids a Foundation for Lifetime Success This KIDS COUNT policy report makes the case for investing in an integrated and comprehensive solution to meet the developmental needs of all children through age 8, Read More
Plain Talk Launched in 1993, Plain Talk demonstrated that preventing teen pregnancy requires community-based strategies that mobilize adults who can provide teens with clear and credible messages about sex, the risks of pregnancy and other health issues. Plain Talk's materials and messages have been widely replicated. Read More
Investing in New Orleans Lessons for Philanthropy in Public Housing Redevelopment This report examines how philanthropy shaped the overall approach to community change and public housing development in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The document uses Casey’s role as an example and its perspective on the process as a lens to focus on efforts that were results-oriented, resident-focused, multi-generational and economically sustainable. Read More
Urban Children's Mental Health Launched in 1992 and in operation for seven years, this initiative sought to create more effective, family-centered mental health services in four disadvantaged urban neighborhoods. The sites established family centers, intensive case management projects, enhanced school supports and violence prevention. Read More
Bernalillo County Mental Health Clinic Case Study A Guide to Juvenile Detention Reform #6 This JDAI Practice Guide highlights the mental health needs of juvenile detainees and how one site in New Mexico met those needs. Read More
Early Reading Research Confirmed A Research Update on the Importance of Third-Grade Reading Does early reading predict academic success? This report examines third grade reading proficiency and an individual's success later in life. Read More
