Resources

The Opportunity Passport

Building Assets for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

This report highlights how the Opportunity Passport helps young people access financial opportunities as they transition out of foster care.

Reducing Unnecessary Delay

Innovations in Case Processing

This report shares how sites sped up juvenile case processing and highlights lessons from Casey’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative.

Understanding the Maze: If Your Child Has Contact With the Law

A Parent's Resource Guide

This brochure guides parents on how best to navigate the New York City criminal and juvenile justice system to help a justice-involved child.

Racial Equity Impact Assessment

This brief explains how Racial Equity Impact Assessments help decision makers reduce and prevent racial inequities and discrimination.

Food for Thought: Building a High-Quality School Choice Market

This report looks at the benefits of school choice in low-income, urban neighborhoods having low educational achievement.

America’s Invisible Children

Latino Youth and the Failure of Justice

This brief explores how justice system failures impact Latino youth and urges reforms to protect them from prison and support a brighter future.

Guiding Sustainable Community Change

An Introduction to Coaching

This guide explains how coaching supports community change efforts and highlights what makes it distinct and valuable in driving local transformation.

Building Resident Power and Capacity for Change

An "on-the-ground" reflection about what it takes for funders to work effectively with low-income communities

A 2009 report that captures funder reflections on investing in neighborhood-based community organizing initiatives.

Supporting Youth in Transition to Adulthood

Lessons Learned from Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice

This paper examines how juvenile justice and child welfare systems succeed — and fail — in helping at-risk youth transition successfully to adulthood.