Building Family Economic Success: Financial Services This two-page fact shares ideas on helping low-income, working families avoid financial pitfalls while building brighter futures (assets and savings included!). It is one installment in a 10-part series that shares how the Foundation is helping to economically empower families across the country. Read More
Responsible Fatherhood Investments, 1994-2009 Influence, Impact, & Leverage This report presents a long-term review showcasing the development of the fatherhood movement and the Casey Foundation’s role in positively changing policy, attitudes and lives. Read More
Re-examining the Foster Care Review Process Extended Foster Care as a Catalyst for Improved Practices and Better Outcomes This brief gives government jurisdictions advice and ideas on implementing quality oversight and review processes for young adults in extended foster care. It is a product of Success Beyond 18, a national campaign by the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative aimed at forging a better path for young people who are transitioning from foster care to adulthood. Read More
Casey Connects: Winter 2006 Juvenile Detention Reform Initiative Sparking a Vibrant National Movement This issue of Casey Connects shines a light on the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, a justice reform movement creating a safer, fairer and more cost-efficient system for detained kids. Readers will also learn how conventional detention systems are failing girls and what some places are doing to engage youth in detention reform. Read More
How Youth Surveys Guide Collective Community Investment and Planning Benefits of Using Youth Data Surveys are a key tool for informing efforts to address pressing youth-facing issues. Read how. Read More
Bridges to Manhood A multifaceted probation strategy that incorporates fatherhood development The juvenile probation office in Cook County, IL, created a fatherhood program to keep delinquent dads on track toward probation. This report details that program. Read More
Family Mobility and Neighborhood Change: New Evidence and Implications for Community Initiatives Making Connections Research Series This report presents an analysis of Casey’s Making Connections initiative data that examines mobility among families in the initiative neighborhoods as well as the effects of family mobility on neighborhood improvement and decline. Read More
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Children in the Child Welfare System What Every Policymaker Should Know This report examines the mental health needs of young children — birth to age 5 — in the child welfare system and the barriers to accessing services to address these needs. Also included are recommendations for policymakers and providers in order to protect this vulnerable population. Read More
New Hope for Low-Income Workers Improving Economic and Child Outcomes in Milwaukee In 1994, Milwaukee implemented a two-year program, New Hope, that provided low-income working families with a flexible package of earnings supplements and services. The results? Glorious. Parents benefited from a boost in employment and earnings. Equally noteworthy: Their kids — specifically their sons — had fewer behavioral issues and better academic success. Read More
Teen Motherhood at Record Low in United States Data Snapshot Number 2 This report — part of the KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot series — shares the latest statistics on teen pregnancy in the United States. It tells how teen birth rates differ by location and race and how the number of teen mothers in America has decreased over time. Read More