Lessons Learned: Tailoring Parental Engagement Programs for Diverse Populations This report shares innovative ideas for partnering with a wide range of parents and families to enhance adolescent sexual health. It spotlights programs in four sites across the country that have served Caribbean, black, Latino and Native American populations as well as urban and rural communities. Read More
Lifelong Families Reunification Case Study Rudy A case study to illustrate how Lifelong Families – a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s former direct service agency – helped advance permanency outcomes for older youth in treatment foster care. This case study highlights how Rudy achieved permanence through reunification with his birth family. Read More
ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide to Session Seven Respond, Don't React This ARC Reflections Training Curriculum walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through each session’s content. Session seven helps facilitators show caregivers how to find and grow their ability to stay calm in the midst of trying circumstances. Caregivers learn to understand where behaviors come from and engage in strategies that work. Read More
Controlling the Front Gates Effective Admission Policies and Practices This report is packed with examples and suggestions to help jurisdictions to make fair, efficient and rational decisions about the detention center admission process. It is part of a series that shares lessons learned from a multi-year, multi-site project conducted by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Called the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), the project aimed to do just what its name suggests: Identify more effective, efficient alternatives to juvenile detention. Read More
Cultural Competence in Workforce Development The Jobs Initiative Experience This report focuses on six sites invested in workforce development as part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Jobs Initiative. Readers will learn about the cultural competence issues that arose in these sites and the tools and strategies developed in response. This publication is a sequel to the Foundation’s Taking the Initiative on Jobs and Race report, released in 2001. Read More
Casey Connects: Summer 2008 Shining a Light on Poverty — and Efforts to Combat It 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. Read More
Rural Areas Risk Being Overlooked in 2010 Census Issue Brief No. 12 This report draws attention to the U.S. Census Bureau's undercount of rural areas, especially among minority populations with high poverty rates and disproportionately low levels of education. Read More
Next Generation Organizations 9 Key Traits What does a next generation organization look like? CompassPoint Nonprofit Services has developed an organizational self-assessment and reflection tool that offers a list of characteristics. This paper draws on examples from two nonprofits to demonstrate how certain traits are made operational. Read More
Race Matters: Unequal Opportunities for Income Security This brief shows the racial barriers to minorities having income security and presents policy strategies to conquer embedded racial discrimination. Read More
Race Matters: Unequal Opportunities for Youth in Transition This 2006 fact sheet brings awareness to racial bias and the issue of youth in transition. Read More
