Casey Connects: Winter 2004 Setting the Stage for Successful Reintegration After Prison This issue of Casey Connects spotlights the Foundation’s efforts on 2 fronts: 1) helping individuals reintegrate into society after prison, and 2) cultivating strong leaders who can help drive and sustain foster care reforms. Smaller stories highlight 6 Casey-celebrated movers and shakers and a Foundation-funded study that shows tax credits for the working poor benefit families in rural, suburban and urban areas alike. Read More
A Practical Guide to Documenting Influence and Leverage In Making Connections Communities This guide offers practical steps for capturing and documenting the effects of influence and leverage in Casey's Making Connections communities. Read More
Mentoring as a Family Strengthening Strategy Using a combination of case studies and Q&A with experienced professionals, this policy brief examines the potential of youth mentoring programs to engage parents and strengthen families. Read More
No Time to Be Sick Why Everyone Suffers When Workers Don’t Have Paid Sick Leave This report highlights the importance of paid sick leave in building a strong, healthy workforce. It tells how current benefits fall short, who still lacks access (nearly half of all private sector employees!), and what policymakers can do to expand paid sick leave programs in America. Read More
Social Capital in Community Development This report reflects the various aspects of social capital as it pertains to immigrant neighborhoods and communities of color, showing the importance of social capital in community development. Read More
Working Hard, Falling Short America’s Working Families and the Pursuit of Economic Security Too many American families are struggling to get by, advance to the middle class and provide a secure future for their children. This report takes a hard look at why so many working families are struggling, how state and federal policies are falling short, and what we can do to prevent the pursuit of the American dream from becoming a national nightmare. Read More
Good Jobs and Careers What Communities Need to do to Train and Move Low-Income, Low-Skilled People into Good Jobs and Careers This brochure describes the Casey Foundation's take on the 10 key components of implementing a successful long-term job retention workforce initiative through its Jobs Initiative. Read More
Introduction to Family Strengthening The State of Family Well-Being, Policy Brief #1 This paper describes an innovative way of looking at helping families in poverty and how this new "strengthening" ideal can affect public policy in the future. Read More
Generation Broke The Growth of Debt Among Young Americans Statistics are presented to show how indebtedness for young adults-- from credit cards, healthcare, education, housing and childcare-- affects their future and what can be done about it. Read More
Parental Involvement in Education Policy Brief No. 3 This brief spotlights real-world practices, challenges and policy recommendations related to parental involvement in education. It is part of a series produced by the Family Strengthening Policy Center that aims to inspire new ways of thinking about families in low-income communities and how this thinking can impact policy. Read More