A Call to Action An Integrated Approach to Youth Permanency and Preparation for Adulthood This report highlights efforts to ensure that youth currently in the foster system benefit from the most strategic preparation and supports for entering adulthood. 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
Opportunity Road The Promise and Challenge of America's Forgotten Youth This report highlights the strategies that are currently working to give “opportunity youth” with challenging life circumstances the right combination of training, support and experiences to make successful transitions to meaningful careers. Read More
Nonprofit Executive Leadership and Transitions Survey This nonprofit leadership transition study reports demographic, geographic, executive management and career plan information from a survey of over 2,200 U.S. nonprofit leaders. Read More
The Culture of Money The Impact of Race, Ethnicity, and Color on the Implementation of Asset-Building Strategies This report, prepared for the Casey Foundation, provides a new lens for understanding the cultural, historic, and economic factors that impact consumer choice in target communities of color. It emphasizes the critical importance of developing an accurate profile of a program’s target audience or market before designing implementation strategies. It also provides examples of how community-level practitioners and program managers have considered racial and ethnic dynamics and adapted mainstream strategies to their clientele. Read More
The Lifelong Families Training Curriculum Training Manual This child welfare training manual presents a comprehensive 2-day curriculum on the Lifelong Families permanency model for social worker training. It includes agenda, assignments, presentations, handouts, daily modules with timetable and more. Read More
What shall we then do? An Interdenominational Guide and Kit for Creating Healing Communities This guide, developed for an interdenominational Christian audience, explains the Healing Communities model which seeks to engage congregations in the restoration and healing of their members who have been affected by crime and incarceration. Read More
Probation Reform: A Tool Kit for Juvenile Justice State Advisory Groups This tool kit guides juvenile justice State Advisory Groups to support youth probation. Learn how SAGs can support youth justice reform. Read More
Welfare Policy and the AECF Jobs Initiative This policy brief summarizes key results and lessons learned from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Jobs Initiative. Read More
Engaging and Supporting Kinship Caregivers Part Four of Family Ties: Analysis From a State-By-State Survey of Kinship Care Policies Learn what states are doing — and where they can do more — to engage and support kin caregivers when a child enters foster care. Read More
