Reconnecting Child Development and Child Welfare (Summary) Nearly one in five children involved in the child welfare system spends time in a residential facility. Yet, research indicates that these residential settings do not prepare kids to develop needed family relationships to guide their social and emotional development. Read More
Kinship Care When Parents are Incarcerated What We Know, What We Can Do This paper explores the role of kinship care for children of parents currently incarcerated; examining the involvement of the child welfare system, and describing what can be done to develop more compassionate social policies and programs geared toward this population. Read More
Race Matters: What's Race Got To Do With It? Before you decide race is an issue, check out these 6 steps to make sure. Read More
Community Change: Lessons from Making Connections 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. Read More
The 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book State Profiles of Child Well-Being This 20th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides national and state-by-state information on the conditions of America’s children and families. The 2009 Data Book essay calls for improvements to the nation’s ability to design and evaluate programs aimed at the needs of children and families living in poverty. Read More
Two Decades of JDAI From Demonstration Project to National Standard This report documents the progress of Casey's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, both in reforming juvenile detention practices nationwide and contributing to the larger juvenile justice reform movement Read More
User's Guide to Essential Kinship Data This brief guide identifies the types of data child welfare agencies should collect to track their progress in placing children who cannot return home to their families with kin. Read More
Reshaping Workforce Development in Baltimore Ensuring Community Voice and Expertise Guide Us In Baltimore, organizations were hitting hurdles in their efforts to connect young people to training and job opportunities. Enter the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which invested in a participatory research pilot to capture both authentic community voices and the employment experiences of local youth. This report shares what the Casey Foundation learned from Baltimore residents — both interviewees and consultants — and delivers a road map for implementing similar research and engagement models. Read More
Mentoring as a Family Strengthening Strategy Using a combination of case studies and Q&A with experienced professionals, this policy brief examines the potential of youth mentoring programs to engage parents and strengthen families. Read More
Keeping Mentoring Connections in a Socially Distanced World Findings From a Youth-Engaged Study of Virtually Adapted Mentoring Practices in Response to COVID-19 This report explores the benefits, challenges and opportunities of virtual youth mentorship. Learn how to put these models to work. Read More
