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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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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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 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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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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More Foster Families, Fewer Children Entering Care
This edition of AdvoCasey looks at foster care reform in two Family to Family sites. It also shares how Casey Family Services alumni are faring after they exit the agency’s care and how three sites participating in the Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative have reduced their inappropriate use of secure detention.
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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.
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The Closing the Achievement Gap series explores Casey’s education investments in detail and presents stories, results and lessons.
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This fact sheet brings awareness to neighborhood discrimination as a factor of racial bias.
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