The Right Start for America’s Newborns 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. Read More
Barriers and Promising Approaches to Workforce and Youth Development for Young Offenders The document provides information about serving young offenders, including the focus of the juvenile justice system and how youth development approaches are useful in working with this population. It includes examples of promising programs and policies targeting court-involved youth. Read More
Not Quite Chaos Toward a More Disciplined Approach to Community Building This report introduces two new guides, the Process Framework and the Structural Framework, that aim to bring order to the very organic enterprise that is resident-empowered change. The text — which dives deeply into Casey’s Making Connections initiative in Denver — also pitches a strong case for using these two frameworks to help move community building from a intuition-driven journey to a more disciplined and sustainable field of practice. Read More
Extending Ladders Findings from the Annie E. Casey's Jobs Initiative This report summarizes key outcomes and lessons from the Casey Foundation's Jobs Initiative, which emphasized workforce development reforms on behalf of low-skilled job seekers. Read More
Taking the Initiative on Jobs and Race Innovations in Workforce Development for Minority Job Seekers and Employers This Jobs Initiative report explores racial discrimination against low-skilled workers in regional labor markets – and what can be done about it. Read More
Casey Connects: Fall 2001 Foundation Mobilized Resources in Response to Terrorism This issue of Casey Connects reflects on the Foundation’s events before and after 9/11 — from an adoption celebration in Washington, D.C., to pledging $3 million in aid for families affected by terrorism. Read More
AdvoCasey: Fall 2001 Fostered or Forgotten? This issue of AdvoCasey outlines the many challenges of serving foster youth in transition. It also highlights ambitious campaigns that are unfolding across the country — in places like San Antonio, Cincinnati and Los Angeles County, California — that aim to forge better options and a better path forward for these young people in need. Read More
Building Support for Innovation Inside Child Welfare Agencies Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care This report focuses on organization development tools as an approach to supporting change within child welfare organizations. Read More
Evaluation Findings and Lessons Learned from the AECF Mental Health Initiative for Urban Children Final Comprehensive Report A comprehensive evaluation of the three main components implemented in the Casey Foundation’s five-year, community-wide project to improve mental health services in very poor inner-city neighborhoods and to decrease public monies being spent on social services. Read More
The Need for Self-Evaluation: Using Data to Guide Policy and Practice Family to Family Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care This descriptive guide provides examples of data tools as they related to the self-evaluation process for Family to Family sites. Read More
