A Snapshot of Children Living on Mexico’s Northern Border Border Kids Count This report — part of the KIDS COUNT Snapshot series — takes a quick look at what life is like for the 2 million children living in Mexico’s northern border region. It shares statistics on child well-being measures in a range of areas, including migration and safety, living conditions, family economic well-being, education, health and more. The goal? Jumpstart data-driven discussions and informed decision making to promote well-being within these unique communities. Read More
Holding Schools Accountable Toolkit A Guide for People Working in Neighborhoods This publication offers communities a comprehensive set of tools — tips, references, stories, worksheets and more — aimed at helping neighborhoods hold schools accountable for student achievement. Read More
Detention Reform A Cost-Saving Approach This 4-page issue brief describes how Casey's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) helps helps communities reduce wasteful spending detaining non-violent youth, and frees up these funds for more effective public safety solutions. Read More
Building Family Economic Success: The High Cost of Being Poor Research indicates that low-income families are paying substantially more for basic goods and services relative to their middle-class counterparts. This fact sheet hits the issue’s disturbing highlights and details how the Annie E. Casey Foundation is supporting efforts to drive down prices paid by struggling families. Read More
Casey Connects: Winter 2000 This issue of Casey Connects concentrates on the value of community with the rollout of a new neighborhood initiative and the announcement of seven community-based organizations as Families Count honorees. Read More
Defining Group Care Programs An index of reporting standards This paper makes a clear case for revolutionizing reporting standards for group care programs. Readers will learn how the field’s current approach paints an all-to-generic picture of programs while failing to define what works—and what doesn’t—in terms of serving today’s youth. New comprehensive standards, introduced in this report, can both expand what we know about group care practice and inject some much-needed nuance into this muddied field. Read More
We Want to Know What They Are Saying A Multiagency Collaborative Effort to Address Parental Language Barriers and Disproportionate Minority Contact This report highlights a multiagency collaborative effort to help parents with limited English proficiency understand their role in the juvenile justice system, ultimately toward a goal of increased parental participation regardless of language. Read More
Back into the Fold: Helping Ex-Prisoners Reconnect through Faith This report provides an overview of why faith-based organizations have created programs to serve ex-prisoners and describes the types of services these programs provide. Read More
Coming Home: From Prison to the Community with the Help of Faith This document summarizes what was learned about faith-based community re-entry programs from the multiple reports funded by the Foundation for its Making Connections initiative. It also highlights the impact incarceration has on the families of those who are incarcerated. Read More
Continuing in Foster Care Beyond Age 18: How Courts Can Help The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services asked Chapin Hall Center to take a hard look at why some kids stay in foster care after turning 18 and other eligible youth don’t. This issue brief shares the center’s findings and gives public child welfare agencies clear recommendations on raising retention rates in extended care. Read More
