Practice Pathways Tool Helping Young People Transitioning from Foster Care to Adulthood This report introduces the Practice Pathways Tool to help states partnering with the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative identify effective practice components, evaluate existing practices and boost collaboration to advance comprehensive practice reform. The driving force behind the tool is simple: support smarter, sharper decision-making that improves the lives of youth exiting foster care. Read More
Rural Areas Risk Being Overlooked in 2010 Census Issue Brief No. 12 This report draws attention to the U.S. Census Bureau's undercount of rural areas, especially among minority populations with high poverty rates and disproportionately low levels of education. Read More
Closing the Achievement Gap Exploring Quality Choices: Vouchers This publication presents an in-depth look at Casey’s investment in the Washington, D.C. voucher effort and summarizes results and lessons learned at the time of the report. Read More
Evaluation of Systems Reform in the AECF Mental Health Initiative for Urban Children Final Evaluation Report This is a comprehensive evaluation of the institutional change efforts presented during the Casey Foundation’s five-year, community-wide project to improve mental health services in very poor inner-city neighborhoods while decreasing public monies spent on social services. Read More
ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide to Session Seven Respond, Don't React This ARC Reflections Training Curriculum walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through each session’s content. Session seven helps facilitators show caregivers how to find and grow their ability to stay calm in the midst of trying circumstances. Caregivers learn to understand where behaviors come from and engage in strategies that work. Read More
Creating Change Pushing Workforce Systems to Help Participants Achieve Economic Stability and Mobility This report presents examples of workforce development strategies and reforms implemented as part of the Casey Foundation’s Jobs Initiative. Read More
Building Economic Security in America's Cities New Municipal Strategies for Asset Building and Financial Empowerment This report details the efforts of the Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) Coalition to develop strategies, address common challenges and share knowledge to help put their citizens on a path to financial stability. Read More
Westside Education and Training Center Finding Creative Ways to Combine Residents’ Need for Good Jobs with Buyers’ Need for Trained Workers This report tells the inspiring story of the Westside Education and Training Center, an 18-classroom facility in San Antonio’s struggling West Side neighborhood. Readers will learn how the center came about, why it’s so unique, and how its menu of college courses and career-ready training is helping local families build a better, brighter tomorrow. Read More
Two Generational Strategies to Improve Immigrant Family and Child Outcomes Summary and Next Steps From the April 2015 Roundtable This paper — the result of a roundtable discussion hosted by the Casey Foundation and the Center for Law and Social Policy — explores policy and practice reforms that can help both parents and kids in immigrant families thrive. Read More
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Results Report This is the first-published annual summary of results from the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), which began submitting results reports in 2004. These reports provide sites with an opportunity to report detention reform progress and to generate initiative-wide aggregate measures and intersite comparisons to deepen understanding of the overall status of the detention reform movement. Read More