The Re-Emergence of Concentrated Poverty Metropolitan Trends in the 2000s An analysis of data on neighborhood poverty suggests that the strong economy of the late 1990s did not permanently resolve the challenge of concentrated poverty. The slower economic growth of the 2000s, followed by the worst downturn in decades, led to increases in neighborhoods of extreme poverty once again. Read More
ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide for Session One Understanding Trauma The ARC Reflections training curriculum walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through a session’s content. Session One focuses on understanding the types of trauma, how some trauma exposures are less obvious than others and how trauma influences the behaviors of kids and teens in foster care. Read More
Money Pals, Part Two Being Cool with Cash This workbook is designed to teach foster children, ages 8 to 11, practical skills about shopping, such as keeping a spending diary, being a smart shopper and understanding advertising. 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
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
KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the High School Dropout Rate This brief outlines five strategies for reducing the number of teens who drop out before graduating from high school. Read More
Eminent Domain: Implications for Community Redevelopment Efforts The Casey Foundation convened people on both sides of the eminent domain issue to see how to support rather than displace affected families. The discussion produced a set of guiding principles outlined in this report. Read More
Youth Violence Myths and Realities: A Tale of Three Cities The Different Story of Delinquent Youth as Told by the Media and by Juvenile Justice System Professionals and the Youth Themselves This report examines the youth perspective on violence, life circumstance, and the response of the justice system to a supposed growth of violence among troubled youth. Read More
An Effective Public Safety Strategy Detention Reform Brief 2 This report gives insight into the success of detention alternatives when dealing with youth arrests. Read More
Growing Up in North America Child Health and Safety in Canada, the United States and Mexico This report examines the health status of children in Canada, the United States and Mexico, notes similarities and disparities in child health on several key indicators and highlights the challenges facing youth across North America. The report was developed collaboratively by The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Red Por Los Derechos de la Infancia en Mexico and the Canadian Council on Social Development. Read More