Guiding Questions to Advance Equity in Evaluation and Research A Process for Developing Inclusive, Culturally Relevant and Rigorous Methods This resource shares guiding questions to foster a common approach for conducting equity-centered research and evaluation with partners. Learn more now. Read More
Indiana Child Welfare Improving Practice to Improve Outcomes Using a unique consulting approach, the Annie E. Casey Foundation collaborated with the State of Indiana to drastically refocus its child welfare practice. This case study outlines the reform efforts undertaken by Indiana with Casey's guidance, helping the state build one of the nation's stronger child welfare systems. Read More
Transforming Justice Bringing Pennsylvania’s Young People Safely Home from Juvenile Justice Placements This report by the Juvenile Law Center, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, provides research and recommendations to support bringing Pennsylvania’s young people safely home from juvenile justice placements. Read More
Washington State’s Basic Food Employment and Training Program This report provides an extensive overview of Washington’s Basic Food Employment & Training (BFET) program and, more broadly, of federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment & Training (SNAP E&T). Read More
Counting is Not Enough Investing in Qualitative Case Reviews for Practice Improvement in Child Welfare This report—the first field-study of its kind—evaluates an increasingly popular performance-monitoring tool, the Qualitative Case Review (QCR), while offering tips for enhancing its implementation and use in child welfare systems nationwide. Read More
How Youth Surveys Guide Collective Community Investment and Planning Benefits of Using Youth Data Surveys are a key tool for informing efforts to address pressing youth-facing issues. Read how. Read More
TIme for Reform: Aging Out and On Their Own More Teens Leaving Foster Care Without A Permanent Family This report gives a background of foster care issues in need of reform from the kids’ perspective while outlining what policy reforms make sense. Read More
Balancing Justice with Mercy An Interfaith Guide for Creating Healing Communities This report presents the Healing Communities detailed model of prisoner reentry, where the time for engaging members of the congregation is any time from arrest through reintegration after a “returning citizen” returns home from prison. Read More
Childhood Poverty Persistence Facts and Consequences More than one-third of American children live part of their lives in poverty, and 10% are persistently poor, according to a study by the Urban Institute, with support from the Casey Foundation. The analysis of data from 1968 to 2005 showed that black children are about 2 ½ times more likely to experience poverty than white children and seven times more likely to be persistently poor, meaning they spend half their childhood below the poverty threshold. Read More
Evidence2Success in Providence Using Programs That Work In 2012, Providence, Rhode Island, became the first site to adopt the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Evidence2Success framework. This report circles back — and offers an early look — at how the framework has unfolded and what lessons local leaders have learned along the way. Read More
