An Analysis of Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality & Disparity at the National, State, and County Level The brief discusses the efforts of the Casey-CSSP Alliance for Racial Equity in Child Welfare to reduce the disproportionate number of youth of color in the child welfare system. Read More
Grant Making with a Racial Equity Lens A focus on racial equity can increase funders' effectiveness at every stage of the grant making process. This guide explores how a racial equity lens can help develop new leaders, encourage innovative approaches, get people talking and inspire change inside foundations. Read More
A Road to Results: A Performance Measurement Guidebook For the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Education Program This guidebook is designed to help Casey’s education grantees — and others interested in this topic — through the process of choosing and reporting results-based performance measures. Read More
TIme for Reform: Aging Out and On Their Own More Teens Leaving Foster Care Without A Permanent Family This report gives a background of foster care issues in need of reform from the kids’ perspective while outlining what policy reforms make sense. Read More
Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration A Toolkit for Grantmakers This report from Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) gives the historical context of U.S. immigration, its vital and unyielding role in shaping the US and how grant makers can help assimilate populations, social change and community building in the future. Read More
Why Workforce Investment Matters to Regions This report offers a framework for investing in workforce development. It provides historical, economic context & explores future opportunities. Read More
Casey in Baltimore: Supporting Nonprofits that Help Children and Families Creating Successful Futures for Children and Families The Annie E. Casey Foundation is deeply invested in building a better Baltimore, Maryland. This report checks in on 11 initiatives — including a fatherhood support series, youth center and mentor program — that highlight the many ways that Casey is working to improve the lives of Baltimore’s families and children since 1995. It is part of a larger series that examines Casey’s family-strengthening efforts in specific cities. Read More
Using Data to Drive Action on Behalf of Children and Families By the Numbers This brief tells how data shaped and strengthened efforts to build financial stability among low-income rural families in west central Minnesota. It highlights Annie E. Casey’s Rural Family Economic Success framework and is part of the Foundation’s Strengthening Rural Families publication series. Read More
Casey Connects: Spring 2007 Community Engagement Is Key Ingredient in Casey Recipe for Results This issue of Casey Connects explores different forms of community engagement and tells how the Annie E. Casey Foundation empowers and mobilizes residents to produce better results for children and families. A smaller story spotlights five resources for learning more about Casey’s latest work. Read More
Investing in the Adult Workforce, Workforce Narrative Project An Opportunity to Improve Children's Life Chances This paper compares workforce development programs and continuing education programs created to give poor, under-educated parents a chance at increased economic success and advantageous child rearing. Read More
