ROAD: Creating Community to Cope with Depression This 10-page report introduces Reaching Out About Depression (ROAD), an innovative program that utilizes peer support, social activism and education to empower and assist low-income women with depression. Readers will learn what makes ROAD so unique, how its participants are faring, and why the program caught the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s eye. Read More
Facing Our Future Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Enforcement This report examines the consequences of parental arrest, detention, and deportation on 190 children in 85 families in six locations across the country. Read More
Women and Men Living on the Edge Economic Insecurity After the Great Recession This report shares findings from the 2010 Survey of Economic Security which tells how people felt about their own economic security following the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009. The results are far from rosy and indicate that, even after the recession’s official end, millions of Americans are financially frustrated, vulnerable and struggling. Read More
Children and Family Fellowship Overview This brochure highlights the Casey Foundation’s Children and Family Fellowship, a 20-month executive leadership program aimed at improving outcomes for children, families and communities. Read More
Melting Pot Cities and Suburbs Racial and Ethnic Change in Metro America in the 2000s The racial and ethnic distribution of population in the United States is changing, as the 2010 Census revealed. This report debunks old myths while revealing why cities and suburbs are becoming true melting pots. Read More
Walking our Talk in the Neighborhoods; Family to Family Tools Partnerships Between Professional and Natural Helpers, Part Three This paper shows how to create true, healthy reform for the families and children involved in the child welfare system by presenting the pros and cons of neighborhood helper/professional partnerships. Read More
Center for Working Families Cost Profile: MET Center From Insight to Impact - Worldwide This report uses two years of financial information from the MET Center in St. Louis to answer basic financial questions for organizations wanting to incorporate one type of Center for Working Families approach into their programs. Read More
Big Ideas for Job Creation: Rethinking Work Opportunity From Tax Credits to Subsidized Job Placements This brief shows how a current tax credit program is not creating jobs and could be redirected into subsidized job opportunities. Read More
Building Partnerships with Neighborhoods and Local Communities Building Community Partnerships in Child Welfare, Part One This document offers information about steps and strategies for child welfare agencies to establish community/neighborhood partnerships. Read More
Toward Reduced Poverty Across America: Executive Summary Early Findings from New York City's Conditional Cash Transfer Program This report presents initial findings during rhe first 2 years of a conditional cash transfer program in New York CIty where participants got paid to improve their eduction and workforce skills. Read More
