Fostering Resident Voice and Influence The Making Connections Experience With Resident Engagement and Leadership This report presents insights the Casey Foundation gained after more than a decade of working with residents to achieve better results during Making Connections, the Foundation’s signature community change effort of the 2000s. Read More
Investing in Tomorrow 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. Read More
Money Pals, Part One Being Cool with Cash This workbook is designed to teach children in foster care, ages 8 to 11, practical skills about using money, Read More
The High Cost of Being Poor in Hartford This report showcases the “high cost of being poor” reality by presenting the everyday budget struggles of low-income working families in Hartford, Connecticut. Read More
Place Matters Aligning Investments in a Community-Based Continuum of Care for Maine Youth Transitioning to Adulthood This report, written with Maine’s policymakers in mind, delivers a clear charge to improve how the state supports system-involved youth between the ages of 14 to 25. It calls for a full continuum of care — from prevention to reintegration — that leverages local resources and national research to offer community-based services at every step. Read More
Evaluating Comprehensive Community Change Report of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 1997 Research and Evaluation Conference The document provides a summary of a two-day meeting where researchers, evaluators and other key stakeholders discussed evaluating comprehensive community initiatives. Challenges, best practices and examples from experts are highlighted. Read More
Championing Change A Practitioner Guide for Leading Inclusive and Equity-Infused Rapid-Cycle Learning Rapid-cycle learning involves quickly testing strategies for program improvement and prioritizing equity from the get-go. Learn how it works. Read More
Managing Emotions Guide The Managing Emotions Guide, part of the Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care curriculum, spans three quick pages and asks simple questions that children can answer in an effort to better understand and control their emotions. Read More
Detention Facility Self-Assessment A Practice Guide to Juvenile Detention Reform #2 This practice guide provides extensive instructions and checklists on conducting a secure detention facility self-inspection. Read More
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Scale-Up Study of Four States This report identifies critical success factors for four states — Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri and New Mexico — that accelerated the spread of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative® across their local jurisdictions. Read More