This report summarizes six key lessons that emerged from the Foundation’s Making Connections initiative and their implications for Casey’s future community change work.
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A Proposal to Finance Best Practices
This report discusses the federal financing policy changes needed to make permanence an affordable priority for state child welfare agencies.
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Lessons from the Civic Sites
Deploying Casey’s REI Framework: Lessons from the Civic Sites documents the efforts of the Casey Foundation to embed a race equity lens in its work within its Baltimore and Atlanta programs.
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Building Quality Networks for Young People in Foster Care
This brief discusses the meaning of social capital and how it affects the growth and development of kids in foster care. It’s part of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative issue brief series for youth engagement.
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The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration
This issue brief summarizes a report which assembles decades of research as well as persuasive new data to demonstrate that America’s heavy reliance on juvenile incarceration has not paid off and, in fact, is a failed strategy for combating youth crime.
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A Reference Guide for Child Welfare Agencies
This publication gives practical guidance to child welfare workers on meeting the requirements of federal law for accessing and interpreting credit reports for foster youth until they age out of the system.
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Reengaging Students and Closing the School-to-Prison Pipeline
A guide to using federal pandemic relief funds to rethink K–12 education and close the school-to-prison pipeline. Learn more now.
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The Power, Practice, and Promise of a Responsible Redevelopment Tool
The Casey Foundation convened experts on both sides of the redevelopment issue to discuss establishing community benefit agreements as a tool for helping low-income neighborhoods become a partner with business in the redevelopment process.
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Making the Business Case: Research and References for 10 Practices and Appendices
This publication includes research, references and appendices to help child welfare leaders make the business case for improving policies and practices.
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Helping families build savings and assets
This brief explores policy moves to help more families acquire assets and narrow the racial wealth gap. Review its recommendations.
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