Reducing the High School Dropout Rate This data brief, part of the KIDS COUNT series, outlines strategies for reducing the high school dropout rate. Read More
Extending Foster Care to Age 21 Weighing the Costs to Government Against the Benefits to Youth This report offers policymakers a clear and compelling case for supporting foster care youth beyond age 18. It analyzes the outcomes of former foster care kids in 3 states to estimate the costs — and lifelong benefits — of extending the foster care finish line in America. Read More
The Opportunity Passport Building Assets for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care This report shares select statistics and stories from the Opportunity Passport’s first five years. Readers will learn how the program — developed by the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative — is connecting young people with essential financial opportunities as they transition from foster care. Read More
Reducing Unnecessary Delay Innovations in Case Processing This report tells how sites eliminated delays in case processing procedures to move juveniles into — and out of —detention more quickly. It shares lessons learned from Casey's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative. Read More
Understanding the Maze: If Your Child Has Contact With the Law A Parent's Resource Guide This question and answer brochure offers a quick summary for parents on how best to navigate the New York City criminal and juvenile justice system to help a justice-involved child. Read More
Racial Equity Impact Assessment This two-page brief hits the highlights for racial change. It tells what a Racial Equity Impact Assessment is, why it’s important, and how decision makers can use this new tool to help reduce, eliminate and prevent racial inequities and discrimination. Read More
Food for Thought: Building a High-Quality School Choice Market This report looks at the benefits of school choice in low-income, urban neighborhoods having low educational achievement. Read More
America’s Invisible Children Latino Youth and the Failure of Justice This policy brief sifts through statistics and stereotypes to offer an engaging look at how America’s justice system is failing Latino youth. Readers will learn what various organizations are doing — nationally and locally — to address damaging racial and ethnic disparities and support our country’s largest minority group. The text closes with clear actions that policymakers must take to fix our broken justice system and keep all involved youth safe, out of adult prison and bound for a brighter tomorrow. Read More
Guiding Sustainable Community Change An Introduction to Coaching This guide provides an overview to the concept and the practice of coaching for community change endeavors. It explicitly highlights how coaching differs from other community change efforts as well as discusses the ways in which coaching can add value to ongoing community change efforts. Read More
Building Resident Power and Capacity for Change An "on-the-ground" reflection about what it takes for funders to work effectively with low-income communities A 2009 report that captures funder reflections on investing in neighborhood-based community organizing initiatives. Read More
