A New Way To Give It Away How a small grants program has engaged residents and achieved quick successes in Boston This report by The Diarist Project for the Casey Foundation documents lessons learned from use of flexible small grant funds to help engage residents in community change efforts during the early stages of the Making Connections initiative. Read More
Has the Jury Reached a Verdict? States’ Early Experiences with Crowd Out under SCHIP This report shares results of a study that asked if states were concerned about crowd out under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and, if so, how they were addressing these concerns. To complete this study, researchers conducted site visits and telephone interviews with representatives in 18 states. Read More
Children in Immigrant Families An Action for Children North Carolina Emerging Issues Report This report shares facts and statistics about children from immigrant families living in North Carolina. It aims to educate the public and engage policymakers in meaningful conversations about eliminating the barriers that these children and their families face. Read More
ARC Reflections Case Manager Guide for Sessions One Through Nine The case manager guide helps agency staff support foster parents as they learn ARC concepts in discussions, action and evaluation. Read More
Pathways to Financial Success Findings of the Financial Progress Study of Center for Working Families Participants This study assesses whether families experience income growth and other financial achievements – both behavioral and monetary – over the course of their participation in the Center for Working Families program. Read More
Creating a Resident-Led Community Development Corporation A Making Connections Peer Technical Assistance Match Between San Diego, California, Boston, Massachusetts, and Newark, New Jersey This report summarizes the results of a peer match between three Making Connections sites to exchange ideas about creating resident-led community development corporations. Read More
Family Strengthening Writ Large On Becoming a Nation that Promotes Strong Families and Successful Youth This report advocates a simple premise: Strong families = positive outcomes for children. Read More
KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing Infant Mortality This brief outlines four strategies for reducing the infant mortality rate in the U.S. Read More
Retiring in the Red: The Growth of Debt Among Older Americans Borrowing to Make Ends Meet Part of the Borrowing to Make Ends Meet series, this brief documents the rise in credit card and mortgage debt between 1992 and 2001, and examines the factors contributing to older Americans’ increased reliance on credit cards during this time. Read More
Building Family Economic Success: Foreclosure This fact sheet—with a razor-sharp focus on foreclosures—tells how the Annie E. Casey Foundation is funding important initiatives to ease the hemorrhaging of the housing crisis at the family and community level. It is part of a 10-part series devoted to sharing ways that the Foundation is helping to economically empower families across America. Read More
