Promoting Responsible Fatherhood A Guide to Key Ideas, Effective Approaches, and Technical Assistance Resources for Making Connections Cities and Site Teams The document provides an overview of the importance of involving fathers in family strengthening efforts, the key elements of effective fatherhood programs and examples of programs and resource organizations for fatherhood programs. Read More
Giving Former Prisoners Positive Returns Read the story of Rodney Evans, a former addict who got his life back on track with help from Project RETURN, a support program for ex-prisoners. The Casey Foundation supports reentry work through programs, policies and practices that improve the employment prospects of former prisoners in an effort to reduce recidivism, increase public safety and improve outcomes for children and families affected by incarceration. Read More
Local Voices On-the-Ground Perspectives on Driving Community Change in the Making Connections Sites This report describes, from the perspective of local stakeholders, the experience of several sites involved in Making Connections in developing and enhancing their capacities to pursue community change. Read More
Casey Connects: Winter 2013 Places to Thrive This issue of Casey Connects highlights how the Foundation is advancing two-generation strategies to achieve positive community change. It looks at large-scale, long-term efforts to break the cycle of poverty in Baltimore and Atlanta. It also tells how schools, families and communities across the country are working together to help third graders hit key reading milestones. Read More
Casey Connects: Winter 2002 Foundation Group Looks to Bolster Families’ Bottom Line This issue of Casey Connects tells how the Foundation is ramping up efforts to help low-income families succeed. Smaller stories include a note of recognition page, a conference spotlight and a look at how one county in Oregon is making fairer detention decisions in the wake of Casey-led juvenile justice reforms. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Donna Stark Reflects on Two Decades of Leadership Development Work Senior Leadership Fellow Donna Stark’s career has long focused on building a culture of results. In more than two decades at Casey, she’s steered both system reform and community change efforts and helped social sector leaders improve the odds for vulnerable kids. In this Five Questions edition, Stark discusses Casey’s results-based framework and shares how the Foundation’s leadership development work has changed through time. Read More
Social Capital and Social Geography This report explores how social capital and social geography affect the economic and overall well-being of families. Read More
Casey Connects: Spring 2005 Pursuing Permanent Children for Families and Youth This issue of Casey Connects spotlights the Foundation’s efforts on 2 fronts: 1) helping kids in foster care find loving, permanent families; and 2) reducing racial disparities throughout the child welfare system. A smaller story recognizes 6 movers and shakers in the child welfare field, including 4 former Families Count honorees. Read More
A Framework For Learning And Results In Community Change Initiatives Imagine. Act. Believe This report outlines a learning while doing approach implemented by the Casey Foundation during Making Connections to evaluating community change work that is based on the premise that those who are most affected by change must lead the work. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Dennis Campa Talks State-Based Advocacy Casey’s Dennis Campa oversees two national networks of state advocacy organizations focused on improving the lives of vulnerable kids and families. In this Five Questions edition, Campa talks about the importance of state-based advocacy and how the Foundation uses national networks to help drive state policy reform. Read More
