Five Steps to a Stronger Child Welfare Workforce Hiring and Retaining the Right People on the Frontline Drawing on lessons learned from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s multiyear effort in child protection workforce development, this publication outlines a five-step process that child welfare agency leaders can use to build and maintain a strong, stable frontline workforce. Read More
B’more for Healthy Babies A Collaborative Funding Model to Reduce Infant Mortality in Baltimore After nearly a decade of work, the B’more for Healthy Babies initiative has helped to reduce infant mortality and improve the lives of thousands of parents and children in Baltimore. Central to its success? A funding approach, called collective impact. Read More
Partnering for Equity How Sector Partnerships are Tackling Workforce Disparities This report shares findings garnered from calls and interviews with more than 90 representatives of sector partnerships. It explores whether sector partnerships are addressing race-based disparities and what role these partnerships can play in helping to narrow race-based disparities in education, skills acquisition, employment and income. Read More
Sharing Power History and Contributions of Organizing in the Continuum of Youth Engagement This guide gives an overview of youth organizing in the United States. It is part of the Equity Conversation Guides For Young Leaders and Partners series that aims to help leaders engage young people in conversations about dismantling racism in child-serving systems and ultimately partner with these youth to advance equity and inclusion solutions. Read More
Discovering Self Identity and Culture This guide supports a strengths-based exploration of identity development. It is part of the Equity Conversation Guides For Young Leaders and Partners series that aims to help leaders engage young people in conversations about dismantling racism in child-serving systems and ultimately partner with these youth to advance equity and inclusion solutions. Read More
Digging Deep Historical Context of Child Welfare Systems This guide reviews 400 years of child welfare and juvenile justice systems in the United States. It is part of the Equity Conversation Guides For Young Leaders and Partners series that aims to help leaders engage young people in conversations about dismantling racism in child-serving systems and ultimately partner with these youth to advance equity and inclusion solutions. Read More
Understanding the Basics Core Concepts and Terms This guide introduces concepts and terms that are relevant to advancing equity and inclusion. It is part of the Equity Conversation Guides For Young Leaders and Partners series that aims to help leaders engage young people in conversations about dismantling racism in child-serving systems and ultimately partner with these youth to advance equity and inclusion solutions. Read More
Transforming Juvenile Probation Executive Summary A Vision for Getting It Right The Annie E. Casey Foundation lays out its vision for transforming juvenile probation into a focused intervention that promotes personal growth, positive behavior change and long-term success for youth who pose significant risks for serious offending. Read More
Investing in Innovation Reflections on the Family Economic Success-Early Childhood Education Pilots This report, designed to aid funders, shares lessons and recommendations that are based on the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s experience with a two-generation initiative aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty. Read More
Integrating Data to Support Serving Children and Parents Together This report focuses on the benefits and challenges of building an integrated data system to support two-generation programming. Read More
