Technical Assistance Resources for Making Connections Cities and Site Teams
This technical assistance guide outlines key ideas, effective approaches and available housing technical assistance resources for the cities and site teams of Casey's 10-year Making Connections initiative.
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State Profiles of Child Well-Being
This 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides national and state-by-state information on the conditions of America’s children and families. The 2008 Data Book essay looks at ways to reduce unnecessary detention and incarceration and increase opportunities for youth development and community safety.
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Early-Stage Advice for Multisector Collaborations
This paper summarizes the literature and provides start-up advice for aligning public, private and philanthropic resources interested in “collective impact” when making community-wide changes for kids and families.
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But Will My Cash Keep Up?
This workbook, part of a 2-book set, is designed to stimulate conversations with foster children, ages 12 to 15, about investing money, being a savvy shopper and using a credit card.
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Elders as Resources Intergenerational Strategies Series
This report presents the background on kinship care and the challenges facing kinship caregivers.
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Transforming Maine's Child Welfare system
Using a unique consulting approach, the Annie E. Casey Foundation collaborated with the Maine Office of Child and Family Services to drastically refocus their child welfare practice. The result: A reformed system that was more child-centered and outcomes-driven. Also included are data on key improvements, such as a 77% drop in residential placements and a 28% increase in kin placements over five years.
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Family to Family Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care
This practice guide explains family-centered foster care and shows how foster families can be recruited, trained, supported and retained to insure the best outcome for the child.
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Reflections on the Family Economic Success-Early Childhood Education Pilots
This report, designed to aid funders, shares lessons and recommendations that are based on the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s experience with a two-generation initiative aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty.
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Improving Educational Stability for Youth in Foster Care
Entering the foster care system can catapult a youth’s academic career into a devastating tailspin marred by too many new-kid-in-the-classroom transitions. This report highlights the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s four-year effort to counter such educational instability. It highlights key lessons learned and leaves readers with specific recommendations and next steps for continuing Casey’s work. The goal? Give these youth the support and security that they need to succeed in school — and the world beyond.
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Elders as Resources Intergenerational Strategies Series
This policy brief is a modern day version of the “it takes a village to raise a child” philosophy stressing how elders in a community can pitch in and transform the way community change choices are made to benefit all age groups.
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