Center for Working Families EarnBenefits Evaluation/Learning Paper This learning paper focuses on Casey's CWF initiative and Seedco’s experiment to test if integrating core services is a better way to help low-income families achieve economic self-sufficiency. Read More
Promoting and Sustaining Detention Reforms Readers will learn what sites did, didn’t do, and wish they had done differently to launch and sustain successful detention reforms in their jurisdictions. These hard-earned lessons stem from a multi-year, multi-site project conducted by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Called the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), the project aimed to do just what its name suggests: Identify more effective, efficient alternatives to juvenile detention. Read More
ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide for Session Three Put on Your Oxygen Mask This ARC Reflections Training Curriculum walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through each session’s content. Session Three helps facilitators teach participants how to understand their own responses to stress and trauma, identify their strengths and vulnerabilities and identify self-care issues. 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
Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out A skilled, committed and diverse pool of next generation leaders would like to be nonprofit executives in the future, but concerns about insufficient work-life balance and lack of earning potential may keep them from it. This national survey of 6,000 emerging nonprofit leaders, produced by the Meyer Foundation in partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation and others, presents challenges and recommendations for training and supporting future nonprofit executives. 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
Children in Immigrant Families An Action for Children North Carolina Emerging Issues Report This report shares facts and statistics about children from immigrant families living in North Carolina. It aims to educate the public and engage policymakers in meaningful conversations about eliminating the barriers that these children and their families face. Read More
Race Matters: Unequal Opportunities for Family and Community Economic Success This fact sheet offers a quick source for analysis and strategies related to issues of racial inequity surrounding family economic success. Read More
Next Generation Organizations 9 Key Traits What does a next generation organization look like? CompassPoint Nonprofit Services has developed an organizational self-assessment and reflection tool that offers a list of characteristics. This paper draws on examples from two nonprofits to demonstrate how certain traits are made operational. Read More
Achieving Permanency Through Guardianship Training The Permanency Continuum Series This training for social workers focuses on finding a permanent family for foster care kids through guardianship. Read More
