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.
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This toolkit highlights recommendations for policymakers and advocates on laws and policies designed to help jurisdictions effectively implement the normalcy provisions of the Strengthening Families Act.
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Final Results from the Evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Transitional Jobs Program
This report outlines and evaluates the results of the Center for Employment Opportunity program, which aims to help former prisoners improve their job prospects and reduce the chances of landing back in jail.
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A Proposal to Finance Best Practices
Since the release of When Child Welfare Works: A Working Paper, many organizations and individuals have weighed in with significant feedback on comprehesive child welfare systems reform, and in the spirit of continuing a public dialogue about this critical issue, this document presents the collective feedback on the recommendations presented in the working paper.
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Children in the Child Protective Services System
Using Texas as a case study, this report looks at undocumented children in state child welfare systems because of abuse or neglect – and ways to improve the process by which these children may obtain legal residency.
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challenges and opportunities
This report tackles the issue of detention reform in rual areas and supports the ideal that children everywhere—regardless of their zip code—deserve to be treated fairly when facing detention. It shares lessons learned from a multiyear, multisite 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.
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The Critical Importance of Addressing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades
The research is clear: Missing school has significant consequences for America’s youngest learners. This report — an examination of chronic early absence in education — highlights how poor attendance cracks a child’s academic foundation. It explores causes and potential solutions for this all-too-common classroom challenge and makes a compelling case for giving this issue more attention in relevant child welfare initiatives.
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Sharing Strategies for Using Data in Making Connections
This issue of Casey Connects features three distinctive conferences highlighting Making Connections and the ever-expanding network of critical Casey partnerships.
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Recommendations for the Federal Initiative
This report explains how to implement the Federal Promise Neighborhoods initiative using Results-Based Accountability.
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Low-Income Residents, Faith-Based Organizations and Neighborhood Coalition Building
This document explains the Faith Communities and Urban Families Project conducted in four communities. The document includes summary information as well as descriptions of the individual community efforts.
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