Promoting and Sustaining Detention Reforms Readers will learn what sites did, didn’t do, and wish they had done differently to launch and sustain successful detention reforms in their jurisdictions. These hard-earned lessons stem 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
Center for Working Families EarnBenefits Evaluation/Learning Paper This learning paper focuses on Casey's CWF initiative and Seedco’s experiment to test if integrating core services is a better way to help low-income families achieve economic self-sufficiency. Read More
Evaluation of the AECF Jobs Initiative First Annual/Cross-Site Report Executive Summary This report recaps the planning phase of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Jobs Initiative across six locations. Read More
What Works for Older Youth During the Transition to Adulthood Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions This report identifies programs that help older youth transition into adulthood and highlights the features of each that have the potential to contribute to success. Read More
Repealing the Hidden Tax This article, which originally appeared in the spring 2002 issue of AdvoCasey, tells how a nonprofit in Tulsa, Okla., is helping working poor families avoid expensive tax preparers, maximize refunds and save for the future. The Foundation produced AdvoCasey as a seasonal publication with themed issues that spotlight programs and policies making measurable differences in the lives of kids and families. Read More
Casey Connects: Fall 2009 Making Sure New Policies Benefit Vulnerable Families This issue of Casey Connects highlights how the Annie E. Casey Foundation is working with partners and grantees to help states and localities navigate new federal initiatives and make the most of available resources. The end goal? Better, brighter futures for vulnerable families and communities. Read More
Katrina's Window Confronting Concentrated Poverty Across America Hurricane Katrina’s assault on New Orleans’ most vulnerable residents and neighborhoods reinvigorated a dialogue on race and class in America. This paper argues that the conversation should focus special attention on alleviating this outdated concentrated urban poverty—the segregation of poor families into extremely distressed neighborhoods. Read More
Race Matters: Unequal Opportunities for Family and Community Economic Success This fact sheet offers a quick source for analysis and strategies related to issues of racial inequity surrounding family economic success. Read More
The Need for Self-Evaluation: Using Data to Guide Policy and Practice Family to Family Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care This descriptive guide provides examples of data tools as they related to the self-evaluation process for Family to Family sites. Read More
Building Family Economic Success: Homeownership and Predatory Lending This fact sheet tells how a surge in predatory lending practices is dampening the already elusive dream of homeownership for many low-income families. Readers will learn what the Annie E. Casey Foundation is doing to reverse this trend and help all of America’s families afford — and then afford to keep — their very own homes. It is one installment of a 10-part series that highlights how the Foundation is helping to economically empower families across the country. Read More
