Podcast Archive

Restoring Shared Prosperity

Strategies to Cut Poverty and Expand Economic Growth

This report examines the Half in Ten campaign’s priorities for addressing economic challenges facing U.S. families.

How Human Services Programs and Their Clients Can Benefit from National Health Reform Legislation

This report shows how the Affordable Care Act helps agencies streamline systems so low-income families get all the services they’re eligible for.

The Working Poor Families Project

Strengthening Workplace Education Program Policies to Enable Low-Wage Workers' Advancement

This brief revisits past workplace education programs and highlights others that build basic skills, literacy and English language proficiency.

A Doctor When We Need One

Access to Healthcare in Wisconsin for Immigrant Children and Families

Immigrant families face steep health care hurdles. This Wisconsin-based brief shares ways to ensure timely, quality care across geographic boundaries.

Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment

Three Strategies for Changing Juvenile Justice

This report reviews the history and development of three juvenile justice reform strategies and their impact on policy, practice and public safety.

Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth

Outcomes at Age 26

This Midwest Study report explores how foster youth are doing at 26, covering jobs, education, family ties and more.

Recession Increases Number of Children Living in Low-Income Families by 7% to 31 Million

According to the Casey Foundation's 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the last decade has seen a decline in economic well-being for low-income kids and families.