Promoting Economic Self-Sufficiency as a State TANF Outcome The Working Poor Families Project Policy Brief This report encourages states to include economic self-sufficiency as part of the definition of success for people leaving TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). 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
How Does Family Well-Being Vary Across Different Types of Neighborhoods? Low-Income Working Families: Paper 6 This paper uses data from the National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF) to look at differences across types of neighborhood environments in the well-being of families and children. Read More
KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Increasing the Percentage of Children Living in Two-Parent Families This brief outlines four strategies for increasing the percentage of children living with two parents. Read More
ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide for Session Six Mirror, Mirror This ARC Reflections Training Curriculum walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through each session’s content. Session six helps facilitators encourage caregivers to build toolboxes for responding to children and teens in difficult moments and helping them develop their own self-regulation skills. Read More
ARC Reflections Case Manager Guide for Sessions One Through Nine ARC Reflections is a training curriculum to develop foster parents and caregivers’ understanding of traumatic stress, increase their own emotional regulation and provide tools to support their parenting skills. The case manager guide helps agency staff support foster parents as they learn ARC concepts in discussions, action and evaluation. Read More
Casey Connects: Fall 2009 Making Sure New Policies Benefit Vulnerable Families This issue of Casey Connects highlights how the Annie E. Casey Foundation is working with partners and grantees to help states and localities navigate new federal initiatives and make the most of available resources. The end goal? Better, brighter futures for vulnerable families and communities. Read More
Pathways to Financial Success Findings of the Financial Progress Study of Center for Working Families Participants This study assesses whether families experience income growth and other financial achievements – both behavioral and monetary – over the course of their participation in the Center for Working Families program. Read More
Race Matters: Unequal Opportunities for Youth in Transition This 2006 fact sheet brings awareness to racial bias and the issue of youth in transition. Read More
Mission-Related Deposits Social Investments This report, about socially responsible investing for the philanthropic community, shows how the Casey Foundation employs social investing to enhance its programs and practices in tough neighborhoods. Read More