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Developing a Theory of Change
This guide explains theory of change models, processes and products. Download to learn how to write a theory of change.
Making Connections was Casey’s most significant long-term, multisite effort to demonstrate that poor results can be changed for the better for kids and families in tough neighborhoods. The initiative's core belief that kids do well when their families do well and families do better when they live in supportive communities continues to guide our current two-generation approach.
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This guide explains theory of change models, processes and products. Download to learn how to write a theory of change.
The Casey Foundation helped scholars study how parents’ perceptions in low-income areas relate to kids’ involvement in learning and activities. Read more.
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This report showcases the “high cost of being poor” reality by presenting the everyday budget struggles of low-income working families in Hartford, Connecticut.
With Casey support, three early-career scholars of color won $10,000 each to study low-income families using Making Connections data. Learn more.
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This report covers the challenging terrains of incarceration, reentry and work. It draws on expert interviews, dozens of resources and two decades of strategic investments by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Readers will learn what employment barriers people commonly face after exiting prison or jail and how to help these individuals pursue — and maintain — family-supporting jobs.
The Casey Foundation is taking applications for research projects utilizing its Making Connections dataset, offered through the Emerging Scholars program.
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This report presents insights the Casey Foundation gained after more than a decade of working with residents to achieve better results during Making Connections, the Foundation’s signature community change effort of the 2000s.
Dennis Campa discusses how Casey uses state-based advocacy and national networks to improve policy and outcomes for vulnerable kids and families.
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This report shares the results of an in-depth evaluation of Casey’s Social Investment Program. Readers will learn if the program is making a difference, the opportunities and challenges that impact investors commonly face, and what lessons the Foundation has learned in navigating the mission investing field.
Scot Spencer advances equity for kids and families in low-income areas and leads efforts to boost Baltimore’s community and economic development.
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