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
Focusing on the Factors that Help Kids Succeed Casey President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick McCarthy outlines the Foundation's focus on the factors with the greatest influence on a child's chances to succeed: family, community and opportunity. Read More
McCarthy Promotes Public System Reforms in Stanford Social Innovation Review President and CEO Patrick McCarthy writes about the importance of working with public systems in a supplement of the Stanford Social Innovation Review sponsored by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations. Read More
What We Learned From Making Connections Casey's most ambitious long-term initiative, Making Connections, yielded important lessons about what it takes to bring about lasting results for vulnerable kids, families and communities. Read More
Building the Evidence Base to Support Promising Programs Casey invests in increasing the availability and use of evidence-based programs within the child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, health and education systems. Learn about recent investments. Read More
The Anchor Dashboard Aligning Institutional Practice to Meet Low-Income Community Needs Funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this document accompanies Achieving the Anchor Promise: Improving Outcomes for Low-Income Children, Families and Communities, and provides infomation on dashboard indicators connected to anchor institutions. Read More
Debra Joy Pérez Named Vice President for Research, Evaluation and Learning The Annie E. Casey Foundation announces the appointment of Debra Joy Pérez as vice president for research, evaluation and learning. Pérez comes to Casey from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, N.J., where she built a record of achievement. Read More
Website Connects Government Agencies, Community Organizations with Proven Cost-Effective Programs Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development, an interactive website that is part of Casey's Evidence2Success initiative, sets a new standard of evidence for what works to help children reach important developmental milestones. Read More
Toward Reduced Poverty Across Generations: Full Report Early Findings from New York City's Conditional Cash Transfer Program This comprehensive report offers a preliminary assessment of New York City's conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of paying participants to improve education and workforce skills. Read More
Evaluating the Evidence: Setting Standards for Evidence-Based Programs Programs must meet rigorous standards to earn the designation “evidence-based program.” Learn how Casey determines that a program is proven effective. Read More
