Casey Connects: Summer 2008

Summary

This issue of Casey Connects highlights the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s big picture efforts to reduce poverty in America. In addition, readers will learn about Casey-supported initiatives aimed at curbing poverty in Connecticut, Maryland and Rhode Island. A smaller story outlines 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book findings and recommendations related to juvenile justice reform.

Table of Contents

• Shining a Light on Poverty and Efforts to Combat it
• Kids Count Message Urges Juvenile Justice Reforms
• Resource Corner
• INSITES: City and State Efforts to Curb Poverty Build on Casey Work

Key Takeaway

With millions of Americans struggling, Casey pushes poverty to center stage

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has a long legacy of placing American families on a path toward economic success. In 2007, it expanded this work by helping launch Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. It’s a strategic initiative with a simple goal: Drive the problem of poverty, and the solutions for fighting it, into the national spotlight. Policymakers: your move next.