Unlocking the Gate What We Know About Improving Developmental Education This report, powered by 40 years of research and writings on developmental education, opens with a sobering look at the struggles community colleges face in advancing remedial-level students into successful college careers. Readers will learn about four current strategies for reforming the field of developmental education as well as innovative next steps that hold the promise for more radical change. Read More
Improving Access to Apprenticeship Strengthening State Policies and Practices This report outlines the need for employers, nonprofits and policy makers to align resources and systems to create or strengthen programs — such as apprenticeships — to train low-skill adults for jobs that can help their families achieve financial stability. Read More
New Foster Care Data Show Progress in Placing Kids with Families KIDS COUNT data snapshot suggests systems focus on reducing group care for children in foster care, while acknowledging progress in family placements. Read More
Children’s Mental Health in Virginia System Deficiencies and Unknown Outcomes This report spotlights pediatric behavioral health services available through Virginia’s Secretary of Health and Human Resources. It describes a system that is punctuated by wait lists, inadequate services, silos of data and a scant focus on producing concrete results for some of the state’s most vulnerable kids. Read More
The Dental Safety Net in Rhode Island Special Report: May 2011 This special report takes a second look at Rhode Island’s dental safety net. It shares new statistics, successes and challenges and outlines 15 recommendations aimed at helping the state’s dental safety net continue to evolve and thrive. Read More
McCarthy Endorses Community Efforts to Support Youth in Transition As keynote speaker at the Winston-Salem Foundation's annual luncheon, Patrick McCarthy championed community leadership in supporting vulnerable youth. Read More
Creating Life-Changing Pathways for Families Atlanta Civic Site Brochure This brochure describes Casey's investment in an impoverished section of Atlanta, Georgia, and invites partners to support expansion of the work. Read More
East Baltimore Snapshot A Progress Report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation through December 2010 This snapshot speeds through nine years of an ambitious development project aimed at transforming Maryland’s East Baltimore neighborhood — home to disproportionally high rates of crime, unemployment and poverty. Readers will learn how the Foundation is helping to spearhead this charge in typical Casey style — by partnering with the local residents, listening to their needs and recognizing that true progress requires more than new fancy buildings to build brighter futures. Read More
A Call to Action: Safeguarding New York's Children of Incarcerated Parents A Report of the New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents This report draws attention to the needs of children whose parents are in the criminal justice system, and describes how good support systems can minimize these children's trauma and harm, and, instead, support their resiliency and success. Read More
Melting Pot Cities and Suburbs Racial and Ethnic Change in Metro America in the 2000s The racial and ethnic distribution of population in the United States is changing, as the 2010 Census revealed. This report debunks old myths while revealing why cities and suburbs are becoming true melting pots. Read More
