Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care: Strengthening a Critical Resource to Help Young Children Succeed
This 2006 KIDS COUNT essay explores how family, friend and neighbor care supports young kids and how to boost its quality with better resources.
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Guidelines for Replicating Programs to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
This report reviews lessons from three teen pregnancy prevention programs and key challenges in replicating them in new communities.
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The Role of Faith-Based Organizations
This document shows how small faith-based groups support low-income families with services that address local economic and community needs.
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A Guide to Non-Partisan Voter Registration in Religious Congregations
This report covers a faith-based effort in eight communities to register non-voters through diverse congregations and boost civic participation.
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Double Jeopardy: AdvoCasey Explores the High Cost of Being Poor
This AdvoCasey issue reveals the hidden costs of poverty — like high credit fees — and highlights programs making a difference for kids and families.
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Applying Casey Lessons to Rural Poverty
This issue of Casey Connects highlights the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s commitment to helping rural families achieve economic success.
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This paper explores Casey’s CWF initiative and Seedco’s test of integrated services to boost economic self-sufficiency for low-income families.
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Family to Family Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care
This manual shows why community partnership programs are essential for child welfare work and provides the steps for how to establish those relationships.
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Building Community and Assets Through Self-Help Housing
This brief looks at the experiences of families working together to build their own homes through self-help housing programs.
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Confronting Concentrated Poverty Across America
This paper urges focus on ending concentrated urban poverty — segregating poor families into severely distressed neighborhoods. Learn more.
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