Casey Vice President Lisa Hamilton Addresses the KIDS COUNT Network Casey's Vice President of External Affairs Lisa Hamilton gave the keynote at the annual gathering of the KIDS COUNT network in Baltimore in 2011. Read More
The Re-Emergence of Concentrated Poverty Metropolitan Trends in the 2000s An analysis of data on neighborhood poverty suggests that the strong economy of the late 1990s did not permanently resolve the challenge of concentrated poverty. The slower economic growth of the 2000s, followed by the worst downturn in decades, led to increases in neighborhoods of extreme poverty once again. Read More
Building Assets, Strengthening Families in Baltimore This report provides an overview of the key components of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s financial stability activities for low-income families in Baltimore and, increasingly, the state of Maryland. It is a case study of how this multipronged strategy has been developed and implemented in Baltimore and offers insights for others doing this important work in their communities. Read More
Big Ideas for Job Creation A Policy Brief Highlighting Job Creating Initiatives This report summarizes the work of Big Ideas for Job Creation, a project of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley, which tapped into the innovative thinking of leading experts across the nation to develop job creation proposals. Read More
Defining Group Care Programs An index of reporting standards This paper makes a clear case for revolutionizing reporting standards for group care programs. Readers will learn how the field’s current approach paints an all-to-generic picture of programs while failing to define what works—and what doesn’t—in terms of serving today’s youth. New comprehensive standards, introduced in this report, can both expand what we know about group care practice and inject some much-needed nuance into this muddied field. Read More
Overstressed Kids Examining the Impact of Economic Insecurity on Children and Families This report takes all the factors associated with family economic stress and explain how they could affect the growth and development of children. Read More
No Place for Kids The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration The case against America’s youth prisons and correctional training schools can be neatly summarized in five words: dangerous, ineffective, unnecessary, wasteful and inadequate. Read More
Reliance on Incarcerating Youth Offenders Not Paying Off for States, Taxpayers or Kids, Report Finds A Casey Foundation report, No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration, offers evidence that shows incarcerating kids doesn't work. Read More
Women and Men Living on the Edge Economic Insecurity After the Great Recession This report shares findings from the 2010 Survey of Economic Security which tells how people felt about their own economic security following the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009. The results are far from rosy and indicate that, even after the recession’s official end, millions of Americans are financially frustrated, vulnerable and struggling. Read More
Restoring Shared Prosperity Strategies to Cut Poverty and Expand Economic Growth In looking at the Half in Ten campaign, this report considers the economic challenges facing families in the United States, and outlines a set of priorities for addressing these challenges. Read More
