Immigrant Integration in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods Improving Economic Prospects and Strengthening Connections for Vulnerable Families A 2007 report on the conditions and circumstances of immigrant children and families living in the 10 Making Connections initiative neighborhoods across the United States. Read More
A Road to Results: A Performance Measurement Guidebook For the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Education Program This guidebook is designed to help Casey’s education grantees — and others interested in this topic — through the process of choosing and reporting results-based performance measures. Read More
Beyond the Boundaries Low-Income Residents, Faith-Based Organizations and Neighborhood Coalition Building This document explains the Faith Communities and Urban Families Project conducted in four communities. The document includes summary information as well as descriptions of the individual community efforts. Read More
Examining Children’s Behavioral Health Service Utilization and Expenditures Faces of Medicaid This report from the Center for Health Care Strategies presents findings from a national data analysis of behavioral health care use and expense for children in Medicaid, which includes examination of specific topics/populations to help states uncover opportunities to improve care for these children. Read More
Providing the Missing Link A Model for a Neighborhood-Focused Employment Program This report presents a model for implementing a neighborhood-focused workforce development strategy. Read More
Driver's License Suspension Policies For the working poor, having a suspended driver's license can be a significant barrier to finding or retaining a job. This report summarizes data collected from 14 cities across the US including: number of licensed drivers in the state; number of suspended licenses; conditions for license reinstatement; policies/programs, if available, to address economic-based suspensions; and local data on transportation as a barrier to employment. Read More
Mission-Related Deposits Social Investments This report, about socially responsible investing for the philanthropic community, shows how the Casey Foundation employs social investing to enhance its programs and practices in tough neighborhoods. Read More
Building Bridges for Child Welfare with Families, Neighborhoods, Communities Family to Family This brief, outlining Casey’s former Family to Family initiative for rebuilding child welfare, describes the rationale, strategy and effectiveness of the neighborhood-centered, family-focused child protection approach. Read More
Families Like Yours 2008-2009 Recruitment Initiative of Casey Family Services This resource includes four separate documents outlining the conceptual framework for the recruitment initiative as well as the implementation and tracking of a nine-strategy plan to recruit foster and adoptive parents who matched the needs of youth in treatment foster care at Casey Family Services, the Foundation's former direct services agency. It includes an overall review of the recruitment practices, as well as forms and tools for setting agency recruitment goals concurrently with implementation of the agency’s Lifelong Families practice model. This model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for those in care, especially older youth in treatment foster care. Read More
Building Evidence to Advance Equity Casey spent seven years helping nonprofits better leverage data to advance equity. Discover the insights gained along the way. Read More
