Jobs and Race Addressing Race and Cultural Competence in the Jobs Initiative Launched in 1995, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Jobs Initiative aimed to boost employment options for young Americans living in low-income communities in six cities. This report looks at how the initiative’s participating sites approached hiring and retention inequities related to race and ethnicity. Readers will learn the successes and challenges of their efforts to address cultural competence and what strategies the sites developed to expand opportunities for job seekers and workers of color. Read More
JDAI at 25 Insights From the Annual Results Reports This results report draws on eight years of data from Casey’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative. It tells how participating sites have achieved significant and — in many cases — long-lasting reductions in rates of juvenile incarceration and juvenile crime. Read More
Forging Partnerships With Law Enforcement Executive Summary This resource-packed playbook shares examples and advice aimed at helping Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) sites forge effective partnerships with law enforcement agencies on a number of fronts — from detention screenings to trainings on adolescent development. Read More
The Impact of Trauma Facilitator’s Guide for Module One of TST-FC This facilitator guide helps trainers explain trauma and its effects on children, as part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Trauma Systems Therapy series. Read More
Strategies to Address Trauma Facilitator’s Guide for Module Two of TST-FC This facilitator guide trains caregivers on using Trauma Systems Therapy to promote healing in children with trauma histories. Read More
Coping With Difficult Behavior Facilitator’s Guide to Module Three of TST-FC This facilitator guide trains caregivers on using Trauma Systems Therapy to cope with challenging behaviors in foster care. Read More
Generating Signals of Safety Facilitator’s Guide for Module Four of TST-FC This facilitator guide trains caregivers on using Trauma Systems Therapy to provide children with signals of safety. Read More
The Foster Parent Resource Guide TST-FC: A Trauma-Informed Caregiving Approach This guide, part of the Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Children training curriculum, serves as a foster parent's go-to resource on caring for children whose lives have been impacted by trauma. Caregivers can use to this booklet to extend their learning, access tips and tools, and revisit important strategies designed to help these children heal. Read More
Survey and Feedback Materials for TST-FC This document, part of the Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care curriculum, includes four short surveys designed to assess what caregivers and agency staff knew at the onset of training — and what they learned as a result of the training. A fifth item, a simple feedback form, asks facilitators what worked well — and what didn’t click — during their training sessions. Read More
Managing Emotions Guide The Managing Emotions Guide, part of the Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care curriculum, spans three quick pages and asks simple questions that children can answer in an effort to better understand and control their emotions. Read More
