A Making Connections Peer Technical Assistance Match between Hartford, CT; Providence, RI; and Boston, MA
Documentation of a “peer match” between Making Connections’ Providence, Rhode Island and Hartford, Connecticut site teams with MYTOWN, a Boston-based non-profit that engages youth in civic education and advocacy projects.
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The Community Connections Preschool Program (Illinois Action for Children)
This report describes an evaluation of the Community Connections preschool program model, which incorporates classroom-based and home provider-based elements.
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A Guide to Key Ideas, Effective Approached, and Technical Assistance Resources for Making Connections Cities and Site Teams
This report outlines the ways communities in the Making Connections cities work with their neighbors and the formal justice system to make their neighborhoods safer.
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A decade of city and state trends
This working paper — which updates previous Right Start reports — looks at eight healthy birth measures from 1990 to 1999. It examines these measures at the state level, nationwide and by grouping together America’s 50 largest cities.
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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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This report examines the differences between the American Community Survey — a monthly survey designed to collect community-level data — and the 2000 Census population counts for the improvement of data accuracy.
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This publication looks at the various influence activities of Casey's education portfolio and explains the logic behind this diverse set of investments.
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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.
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How Credit Card Debt Is Related to Medical Expenses
With a focus on medical debt and the insurance industry, this is second in a series of Demos publications examining trends in household indebtedness and its impact on economic security.
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A Look at Children of Immigrants and Their Families in Maryland
This data report presents a full picture of immigrants in Maryland in the context of ethnic origin, education, economic status, public services and more. Data are broken down by counties.
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