Collaboration for Change, Part Two
The criminal justice system interacts with many of the same families involved in the child welfare system and while it makes sense that these systems would work together, too often they do not. This guide describes ways that the two systems can work together to improve and strengthen family and community bonds.
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KIDS COUNT Data Book Urges Support for Family-Based Child Care
This issue of Casey Connects summarizes findings from the 2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book and essay. More specifically: It tells what we should do — and what select programs are already doing — to help improve the quality of family, friend and neighbor care across America.
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Rural Poverty Rate Jumps to Nearly 29 Percent in Second Year of Recession
The recession has increased the number of children living in poverty in America to nearly 29%; the numbers are even higher for children living in rural communities, especially the rural South.
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Conference Focuses on Helping Adoptive Families
This issue of Casey Connects focuses on fabulous family well-being advocates with the listing of the National Families Count Honorees, the 2001 Casey Fellows class and other Casey-recognized movers and shakers.
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Reflections on Doug Nelson’s 20 Years of Leadership
This issue of Casey Connects honors the two-decade tenure of Douglas W. Nelson, who retired as Annie E. Casey Foundation’s president and chief executive officer in April 2010. Learn about Nelson’s key contributions in shaping both the Foundation and the nation’s perspective on serving vulnerable children and families.
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The Story of a Community-Based Strategy to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
This is the story of how five different communities worked to protect local youth from the risks of early sexual activity. This is the story of Plain Talk.
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This report describes how peer technical assistance – which allows participating communities to share knowledge, and leverage practical experience and innovations from other places – can help strengthen families.
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This article, which originally appeared in the spring 2002 issue of AdvoCasey, tells how a nonprofit in Tulsa, Okla., is helping working poor families avoid expensive tax preparers, maximize refunds and save for the future.
The Foundation produced AdvoCasey as a seasonal publication with themed issues that spotlight programs and policies making measurable differences in the lives of kids and families.
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Derived from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being
To examine the relationship between race/ethnicity and child welfare, this report summarizes published and in-press articles and chapters from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW).
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Pioneering Panel Hastens Pace Of Child Welfare Reform
This issue of Casey Connects proves how true transformation starts with the heart — the heart of the individual as well as the heart of a public system — as three Casey reform initiatives are dissected.
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