Changing Contexts for a Community Initiative
This report reviews recent trends for social and economic conditions in the 10 metropolitan areas surrounding the Casey Foundation's Making Connections initiative cities, giving context for the neighborhood programs being implemented.
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation seeks to help faith-based organizations, such as the Providence In-town Churches Association Food Pantry, improve and expand how they serve community members in need.
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Setting the Stage for Successful Reintegration After Prison
This issue of Casey Connects spotlights the Foundation’s efforts on 2 fronts: 1) helping individuals reintegrate into society after prison, and 2) cultivating strong leaders who can help drive and sustain foster care reforms. Smaller stories highlight 6 Casey-celebrated movers and shakers and a Foundation-funded study that shows tax credits for the working poor benefit families in rural, suburban and urban areas alike.
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A Making Connections Peer Technical Assistance Match between Hartford, CT; Providence, RI; and Boston, MA
Documentation of a “peer match” between Making Connections’ Providence, Rhode Island and Hartford, Connecticut site teams with MYTOWN, a Boston-based non-profit that engages youth in civic education and advocacy projects.
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Finding Creative Ways to Combine Residents’ Need for Good Jobs with Buyers’ Need for Trained Workers
This report tells the inspiring story of the Westside Education and Training Center, an 18-classroom facility in San Antonio’s struggling West Side neighborhood. Readers will learn how the center came about, why it’s so unique, and how its menu of college courses and career-ready training is helping local families build a better, brighter tomorrow.
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Reflections on Making Connections
This report includes observations and insights from Casey Foundation senior staff who served as local site team leaders as well as local site coordinators, during the Foundation’s 10-year Making Connections community change initiative.
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This document summarizes what was learned about faith-based community re-entry programs from the multiple reports funded by the Foundation for its Making Connections initiative. It also highlights the impact incarceration has on the families of those who are incarcerated.
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Learn how communities from Providince to Oakland are benefiting from a broad-based national campaign to ensure that children reach the milestones of third-grade reading proficiency.
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2000 KIDS COUNT Emphasizes Need For Connections
This issue of Casey Connects highlights the 2000 KIDS COUNT Data Book essay along with Casey initiatives and partnerships out to transform the lives of vulnerable families and children — be it through better job training, social connections, immigrant supports or direct services.
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A Guide to Key Ideas, Effective Approaches, and Technical Assistance Resources for the Making Connections Cities and Site Teams.
A comprehensive guide to strategies for connecting low-income workers to jobs that pay family-supporting wages and provide flexibility and assistance to parents raising children.
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