Upside Down The $400 Billion Federal Asset-Building Budget Despite millions spent on asset building in 2009, this report shows how tax code subsidies mainly benefited the wealthy. Read More
An Integrated Approach to Fostering Family Economic Success How Three Model Sites are Implementing the Center for Working Families Approach This report delves into three successful programs, showing how they adopted the CWF approach in response to local circumstances and opportunities. Read More
Finding Place in Making Connections Communities Applying GIS to Residents’ Perceptions of Their Neighborhoods For policymakers, funders and front-line workers, this report shows how to involve residents in place-based strategies to serve kids and families. Read More
Indiana Results-Based Leadership Helping Ex-Offenders Turn Their Lives Around in Marion County, Indiana This report outlines Indiana's Leadership in Action (LAP) program to reduce the rate of re-arrest by incarcerated people after they are released. Read More
The DREAM Act Securing America’s Future in Education This brief outlines a case for the DREAM Act as a way of providing educational opportunities to undocumented immigrant children who consider the U.S. home. Read More
Small Investments, Big Changes A 10-Year Review of the Casey Fellows' Mini-Grants Program This report highlights 10 years of the Fellows Alumni Network’s mini-grants, alumni engagement and awards from Casey’s Children & Fellowship program. Read More
Funding Permanency Services A Guide to Leveraging Federal, State and Local Dollars This guide explores child welfare funding and how states can shift from costly congregate care to community-based services for children and families. Read More
Responsible Redevelopment in East Baltimore This report outlines the goals, strategies and progress of the East Baltimore, Maryland, Revitalization Initiative. Read More
Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters A KIDS COUNT Special Report on the Importance of Reading by 3rd Grade Millions of kids reach 4th grade without 3rd grade reading skills — putting them at risk of dropping out. Learn what can help change the trend. Read More
Focusing on Results in Promise Neighborhoods Recommendations for the Federal Initiative This report explains how to implement the Federal Promise Neighborhoods initiative using Results-Based Accountability. Read More
