Measuring Change While Changing Measures Learning In, and From, the Evaluation of Making Connections This report shares key insights and lessons from evaluating the Foundation’s decade-long, multisite Making Connections community initiative. Read More
Special Detention Cases strategies for handling difficult populations This report outlines strategies to reduce detention for minors with warrants, probation violators and post-adjudication youth through Casey’s JDAI. Read More
Family Mobility and Neighborhood Change: New Evidence and Implications for Community Initiatives Making Connections Research Series This report analyzes data from Casey’s Making Connections initiative, focusing on family mobility and neighborhood improvement or decline. Read More
Low Income and Impoverished Families Pay More Disproportionately for Child Care This brief reveals poor families spend more on child care than wealthier ones and calls for greater investment in child care for those most in need. Read More
Bridges to Manhood A multifaceted probation strategy that incorporates fatherhood development Cook County’s model helps young dads on probation succeed, strengthen families and ease officers’ workloads through focused fatherhood programs. Read More
Walking the Plain Talk Protecting Sexually Active Teens in Atlanta, New Orleans and San Diego Plain Talk is a teen pregnancy prevention program targeting low-income communities that the Case Foundation incubated. Read More
Issue Briefs on Responsible Fatherhood This collection of seven briefs has one simple focus: sharing information and insights from 15 years of growth in the Responsible Fatherhood field. Read More
Way to Give A Guide to Connecting, Giving and Asset Building This report explores tithing in low-income congregations, linking it to asset building through clergy interviews and summaries of congregation types. Read More
Community Investments for Family Economic Success A guide to key ideas, effective approaches, and technical assistance resources for Making Connections cities and site teams. This report offers an overview of tools and strategies to spark new or improved housing, retail and infrastructure investment in low-income communities. Read More
Moving Families Toward Self-Sufficiency: Effective Case Management Strategies A Making Connections Peer Technical Assistance Match Between Louisville, Kentucky and Chicago, Illinois This report recaps a peer exchange on Chicago’s housing efforts, focusing on case management strategies for families facing housing revitalization. Read More
