Adult Communication and Teen Sex Changing a Community Between 1993 and 1998, the Annie E. Casey Foundation rolled out a pregnancy prevention initiative called Plain Talk in five low-income urban neighborhoods. This report utilizes survey results to discuss what worked well and what didn’t during the program’s implementation. Read More
Walking the Plain Talk Protecting Sexually Active Teens in Atlanta, New Orleans and San Diego Plain Talk is a teen pregnancy prevention program targeting low-income communities that the Case Foundation incubated. Read More
Resident Involvement in Community Change The Experiences of Two Initiatives Involving people in local neighborhood change creates problems as well as better solutions, as this report demonstrates through an examination of Casey's Plain Talk and Community Change for Youth Development philanthropy projects. Read More
Plain Talk The Story of a Community-Based Strategy to Reduce Teen Pregnancy This is the story of how five different communities worked to protect local youth from the risks of early sexual activity. It is a narrative rooted in community organizing and empowerment that began in 1993 —with a $5 million, four-year commitment from the Annie E. Casey Foundation — and unfolds into a rich collection of real-world hurdles, participant feedback, and been-there done-that advice. This is the story of Plain Talk. Read More
Evaluating Comprehensive Community Change Report of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 1997 Research and Evaluation Conference The document provides a summary of a two-day meeting where researchers, evaluators and other key stakeholders discussed evaluating comprehensive community initiatives. Challenges, best practices and examples from experts are highlighted. Read More
