The Path of Most Resistance Reflections on Lessons Learned from New Futures The report presents the lessons learned from New Futures, the Casey Foundation's first attempt at a large-scale community change effort. Read More
Contracting for Child and Family Services A Mission-Sensitive Guide This report explores purchase-of-service contracting and managed care contracting (including the field’s newest option, network creation) as a means of privatizing child welfare services. It helps state and local agencies — and potential service providers — navigate contracts and the contracting process in this new era of serving America’s children and families. Read More
Helping Children and Parents Succeed Together An Update on the Dunbar Learning Complex In 2010, with support from the Casey Foundation and others, the Dunbar Learning Complex opened in southwest Atlanta. Its goal? Help parents and their children succeed together. This report offers an early look at the Dunbar Learning Complex’s work to date. Read More
On the Road Car Ownership as an Asset Building Strategy for Reducing Transportation Related Barriers to Work This report explores seven of the more promising car ownership programs across the United States designed to help improve mobility and job access for the working poor and welfare recipients. Read More
Lifelong Families Adoption Case Study Wanda A set of case studies illustrate how Lifelong Families – a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s direct service agency – helped advance permanency outcomes for older youth in treatment foster care. This case study highlights how Wanda achieved permanence through adoption. Read More
ARC Reflections Survey and Feedback Materials ARC Reflections is a series of facilitator guides dedicated to developing foster parents and caregivers understanding of traumatic stress. These survey and feedback materials help evaluate whether participants are gaining knowledge and skills as a result of the training and gather information on how to make improvements in training facilitation and logistics. Read More
Beyond Gig Work Executive Summary Public Markets for Irregular Employment This executive summary outlines recommendations aimed at strengthening opportunities for gig workers — and America’s rising gig economy. It supplements a full report, which shares feedback and findings gathered from 25 workforce bodies across the country. Read More
Expanding Economic Opportunity Lessons from the East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative In this report the reader gets an overview of how the East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative created jobs and contracting work for low-income people of color, women and local Baltimore businesses during a huge community redevelopment project. The report includes lessons learned about incorporating the strategies of economic inclusion into community development, which places the East Baltimore initiative’s efforts within a national context. Read More
Extending Foster Care Beyond 18: Getting Started Thanks to the Fostering Connections Act, states have an unprecedented opportunity to expand foster care support beyond the age of 18. This brief helps leaders navigate the new law, design effective programs for young adults and estimate the fiscal impact of extending their state’s foster care finish line. Read More
Engaging Parents and Families In Adolescent Reproductive Health A Casey Study Review This publication spotlights a wide range of real-world programs that enlist parents in supporting adolescent reproductive health. Readers will get a close look at 4 of these efforts with an end goal of building better programs to help parents raise sexually healthy teens. Read More
