Helping Children and Parents Succeed Together An Update on the Dunbar Learning Complex In 2010, with support from the Casey Foundation and others, the Dunbar Learning Complex opened in southwest Atlanta. Its goal? Help parents and their children succeed together. This report offers an early look at the Dunbar Learning Complex’s work to date. Read More
Contracting for Child and Family Services A Mission-Sensitive Guide This report explores purchase-of-service contracting and managed care contracting (including the field’s newest option, network creation) as a means of privatizing child welfare services. It helps state and local agencies — and potential service providers — navigate contracts and the contracting process in this new era of serving America’s children and families. Read More
Using Integrated Data Systems to Strengthen Collective Impact in Out-Of-School Programs How nonprofit organizations in two localities use IDS data to improve their enrollees’ school performance and strengthen collective impact This case study is one in a series of briefs that show how to invest in and use integrated data systems (IDS) in local jurisdictions to improve policies, programs and practice. This brief presents out-of-school collective impact initiatives in North Carolina and Texas and their use of data from a local IDS to improve educational outcomes for their enrollees and allocate resources more effectively. Read More
ARC Reflections Survey and Feedback Materials ARC Reflections is a series of facilitator guides dedicated to developing foster parents and caregivers understanding of traumatic stress. These survey and feedback materials help evaluate whether participants are gaining knowledge and skills as a result of the training and gather information on how to make improvements in training facilitation and logistics. Read More
Lifelong Families Adoption Case Study Wanda A set of case studies illustrate how Lifelong Families – a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s direct service agency – helped advance permanency outcomes for older youth in treatment foster care. This case study highlights how Wanda achieved permanence through adoption. Read More
Engaging Parents and Families In Adolescent Reproductive Health A Casey Study Review This publication spotlights a wide range of real-world programs that enlist parents in supporting adolescent reproductive health. Readers will get a close look at 4 of these efforts with an end goal of building better programs to help parents raise sexually healthy teens. Read More
On the Road Car Ownership as an Asset Building Strategy for Reducing Transportation Related Barriers to Work This report explores seven of the more promising car ownership programs across the United States designed to help improve mobility and job access for the working poor and welfare recipients. Read More
Extending Foster Care Beyond 18: Getting Started Thanks to the Fostering Connections Act, states have an unprecedented opportunity to expand foster care support beyond the age of 18. This brief helps leaders navigate the new law, design effective programs for young adults and estimate the fiscal impact of extending their state’s foster care finish line. Read More
Child Trends Data Snapshot: Maltreatment Child Maltreatment Data Snapshot This Data Snapshot examines child maltreatment trends at the state and national level. It draws on data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, which includes information provided by states on investigated reports of maltreatment. Child Trends has produced a companion Data Snapshot publication that analyzes state and national trends in foster care. Read More
Lending, Learning, Leading Developing Results-Based Leaders in Opportunity Finance This report tells the story of the CDFI Leadership Learning Network, a Casey Foundation initiative to equip leaders of community development finance institutions with the tools of results-based leadership (RBL). The Foundation shares lessons learned from the network, core RBL concepts and profiles of CDFI leaders as they apply RBL skills and tools to the work of their organizations. Read More
