Integrated Data Is Key to “Pay for Success” How a county government uses integrated data to improve services for homeless mothers and their children and implement a pioneering public-private funding partnership This case study is one in a series of briefs that show how local jurisdictions can invest in and use integrated data systems (IDS) to improve policies, programs and practice. This case study presents a public-private partnership in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, using an IDS to design, finance and evaluate a program to help homeless mothers reunite more quickly with their children placed in foster care. Read More
Strengthening Workforce Policy Applying the Lessons of the Jobs Initiative to Five Key Challenges This report identifies five central problems that confront policymakers in attempting to improve workforce development programs – and how to address those problems. 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
Supporting Youth in Transition to Adulthood Lessons Learned from Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice This paper takes a hard look at how America’s juvenile justice and child welfare systems are faring—and where they are failing—in helping at-risk youth successfully transition to adulthood. Read More
Walking the Plain Talk Protecting Sexually Active Teens in Atlanta, New Orleans and San Diego Plain Talk is a teen pregnancy prevention program targeting low-income communities that the Case Foundation incubated. Read More
Building Family Economic Success: The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) This report serves as a quick primer on the Earned Income Tax Credit — what it is and why it matters to America’s hardworking families. Readers will also learn about a Casey-led campaign that succeeded in boosting the credit’s profile while securing more than $310 million in tax relief for low-income households. This document is one installment in a 10-part series, called Building Family Economic Success, that spotlights how the Annie E. Casey Foundation is helping to economically empower families across the country. Read More
Taking the Initiative on Jobs and Race Innovations in Workforce Development for Minority Job Seekers and Employers This Jobs Initiative report explores racial discrimination against low-skilled workers in regional labor markets – and what can be done about it. Read More
Women’s Self-Employment Project This two-page report introduces a program designed to help women open their own residential child care businesses. Called CARE, the initiative delivers a rare win-win: employment and empowerment for at-risk women and a new economic anchor for financially-fragile communities. 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
Unlocking Foster Care Licensing for More Kinship Caregivers Part One of Family Ties: Analysis From a State-By-State Survey of Kinship Care Policies Many states help kinship caregivers obtain foster care licenses and resources. Learn how a new federal rule can help states do more. Read More