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Building Bridges for Child Welfare with Families, Neighborhoods, Communities

December 2, 1999

This brief, outlining Casey’s former Family to Family initiative for rebuilding child welfare, describes the rationale, strategy and effectiveness of the neighborhood-centered,...

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Juvenile Jailhouse Rocked: Reforming Detention in Chicago, Portland and Sacramento

November 28, 1999

This article presents a hardcore look at how secure detention for kids really works, what it took for Casey to institute its Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative and the...

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The ABC's of Early Childhood

November 19, 1999

This report provides evidence to support greater investment in a comprehensive system of early childhood care and education.

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Contracting for Child and Family Services

November 1, 1999

This report explores purchase-of-service contracting and managed care contracting (including the field’s newest option, network creation) as a means of privatizing child welfare...

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By the Numbers

August 2, 1999

This report offers examples and tips for using data and information technology to advance juvenile detention reform efforts. It is part of a series that shares lessons from a...

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Improving Conditions of Confinement in Secure Juvenile Detention Centers

July 2, 1999

This report presents a discussion of what was learned from the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) about improving and maintaining safe, humane institutions....

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New Hope for Low-Income Workers

June 22, 1999

In 1994, Milwaukee implemented a two-year program, New Hope, that provided low-income working families with a flexible package of earnings supplements and services. The results?...

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AdvoCasey: Summer 1999

June 21, 1999

This edition of AdvoCasey examines the ripple of changes sparked by the landmark federal welfare law of 1996. Readers will learn about an array of financial incentive programs —...

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Resident Involvement in Community Change

June 1, 1999

Involving people in local neighborhood change creates problems as well as better solutions, as this report demonstrates through an examination of Casey's Plain Talk and...

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