America’s Invisible Children Latino Youth and the Failure of Justice This policy brief sifts through statistics and stereotypes to offer an engaging look at how America’s justice system is failing Latino youth. Readers will learn what various organizations are doing — nationally and locally — to address damaging racial and ethnic disparities and support our country’s largest minority group. The text closes with clear actions that policymakers must take to fix our broken justice system and keep all involved youth safe, out of adult prison and bound for a brighter tomorrow. Read More
Black Thought Project Lessons on Centering Blackness This report spotlights a project aimed at creating sanctuaries for Black expression and Black people. Learn about the project and its impact. Read More
Indicators and Indices of Child Well-Being A Brief History This report examines efforts through time to identify and leverage social indicators of child well-being. Read how the work has evolved. Read More
Journey to Engagement A First-Person Reflection on How to Engage Residents In this report Garland Yates, Making Connections Site Team Leader in Denver, provides a firsthand account of his observations on the importance of engaging residents in community change. This report is part of “The Diarist Project” series of stories and reflections about the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Making Connections Initiative. Read More
Mortar and Muscle 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. Read More
Race Matters: Unequal Opportunities for Neighborhood Vitality This fact sheet brings awareness to neighborhood discrimination as a factor of racial bias. 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
Immigration Enforcement and Family Separation This one-page brief examines the impact of enforcement raids on immigrant children and their families. Read More
Casey Connects: Fall 2002 Partnerships Creating an "Echo Chamber" of Family Strengthening Messages This issue of Casey Connects highlights family strengthening partnerships and FAMILIES COUNT honorees for promoting the family strengthening message as a national priority. Read More
Building Resident Power and Capacity for Change An "on-the-ground" reflection about what it takes for funders to work effectively with low-income communities A 2009 report that captures funder reflections on investing in neighborhood-based community organizing initiatives. Read More
