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.
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No Place Like Home
This issue of Casey Connects explores the power of relationships and the importance of connecting young people in foster care to permanent families. It highlights the work of Casey’s Child Welfare Strategy Group and Casey Family Services as well as a recent report on adolescent brain development by the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative.
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Faith, Forgiveness, Fragile Relationships, and Responsible Fatherhood
This issue of Casey Connects spotlights four initiatives that the Annie E. Casey Foundation has invested in for the last decade: aiding the formerly incarcerated, promoting responsible fatherhood, supporting healthy relationships and tapping into the strengths of faith-based organizations. The end goal in each of these efforts is the same: Give kids in tough communities a better shot at success.
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This issue of Casey Connects highlights how the Foundation is honoring Jim Casey’s legacy by putting families first. New York City implemented an evidence-based practice approach in helping troubled teens remain with their families. The entire community of New Britain, Connecticut, embraced family literacy and a grade-level reading campaign to ensure all students succeed. Using social networking technology, Casebook helps transform child welfare case management, taking caseworkers away from administrative tasks and closer to family needs.
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Reflections on Doug Nelson’s 20 Years of Leadership
This issue of Casey Connects honors the two-decade tenure of Douglas W. Nelson, who retired as Annie E. Casey Foundation’s president and chief executive officer in April 2010. Learn about Nelson’s key contributions in shaping both the Foundation and the nation’s perspective on serving vulnerable children and families.
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Helping Families Succeed
This issue of Casey Connects outlines 4 sets of federal policy approaches aimed at improving the lives of America’s most economically fragile families. Readers will learn what actions the Foundation recommends to help reduce poverty, reform the nation’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and improve data on children and families.
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Making Sure New Policies Benefit Vulnerable Families
This issue of Casey Connects highlights how the Annie E. Casey Foundation is working with partners and grantees to help states and localities navigate new federal initiatives and make the most of available resources. The end goal? Better, brighter futures for vulnerable families and communities.
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Responsible Redevelopment Means Much More Than Better Buildings
This issue of Casey Connects focuses on responsible redevelopment and how the Annie E. Casey Foundation is investing in better buildings and — even more — broader opportunities and benefits for residents in distressed neighborhoods. Smaller stories introduce Casey’s online juvenile justice reform helpline plus 7 movers and shakers who are advancing the Foundation’s work.
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Shining a Light on Poverty — and Efforts to Combat It
This issue of Casey Connects highlights the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s big picture efforts to reduce poverty in America. In addition, readers will learn about Casey-supported initiatives aimed at curbing poverty in Connecticut, Maryland and Rhode Island. A smaller story outlines 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book findings and recommendations related to juvenile justice reform.
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Momentum Building in the Quest for Permanent Family Connections
This issue of Casey Connects focuses on the quest to ensure that each and every young person exits foster care with a lifelong, caring connection. It’s a movement that is gaining momentum across America.
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