Strategies for Improving the Timeliness of Vital Statistics
In this report, industry leaders identify short- and long-term solutions to snags in the vital statistics supply chain. The end goal? Transform the national vital statistics system so that it churns out faster, cleaner data and arms users with the information necessary to address our country’s public health challenges.
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How Agencies Can Support Family and Social Network Development
This report, the third in a series aimed at exploring the power of social networks, spotlights the stories of two enterprising organizations: Lawrence Community Works in Massachusetts and the Family Independence Initiative in California. Readers will navigate text infused with firsthand feedback from program participants and learn how both agencies are leveraging social networks in innovative ways to better serve America’s most fragile families.
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Parents’ Work and Children’s Welfare in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Jobs Initiative
Researchers spent 18 months following families to better understand how parental employment intersects with child well-being. Their study focused on 10 low-income families from two Jobs Initiative sites — Seattle and Milwaukee. The goal? Learn how workforce development impacts a parent’s job mobility and if this mobility — or lack thereof — affects their kids.
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Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care
This report focuses on organization development tools as an approach to supporting change within child welfare organizations.
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The Urban Institute partnered with organizations in Chicago, Illinois; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Providence, Rhode Island to merge local and state level criminal justice and human services data to learn about children of incarcerated parents in their localities. This report presents findings from the three sites and a discussion of the possibilities and difficulties involved in merging and analyzing administrative data on this population.
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An International Tool Kit helping Children and Youth, Families and Communities
This toolkit contains results-based case studies from 6 countries showing resident-engaging community change strategies that can be adapted to work in other localities.
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
This guide outlines how Making Connections communities can structure inquiries to access the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for housing.
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A Reflection by Former Making Connections Oakland Director Fred Blackwell
This interview gives readers an inside look at the ups and downs of managing a foundation initiative at the local level.
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A Guide for Funders Interested in Transformational Grantmaking
This assessment guide aims to help funders make smarter—and fairer—grantmaking decisions. It shares specific questions to ask and plan examples to consider in pursuit of transformative change. Prospective grantees can also use this guide to strengthen their proposals and projects before advancing them within the funding pipeline.
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Three Strategies for Changing Juvenile Justice
This report reviews the history and development of three juvenile justice reform strategies and analyzes their impact on policy, practice and public safety.
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