Present, Engaged, and Accounted For 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. Read More
Casey Connects: Fall 2000 Foundation Team Specializes in Tailor-Made Technical Assistance Family strengthening is the focus for this issue of Casey Connects as 3 community-empowering initiatives are highlighted: KIDS COUNT; FAMILIES COUNT; and TARC — Casey's custom-centricTechnical Assistance Resource Center. Read More
Advancing SFA 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. Read More
Youth who Age Out of Foster Care: Troubled Lives, Troubling Prospects Child Trends Research Brief This brief identifies the "baggage" kids carry from foster care and the extended difficulties faced by those aging out of the system without any social support. Read More
Casey Connects: Winter 2010-2011 This issue of Casey Connects highlights how the Foundation is honoring Jim Casey’s legacy by putting families first. New York City implemented an evidence-based practice approach in helping troubled teens remain with their families. The entire community of New Britain, Connecticut, embraced family literacy and a grade-level reading campaign to ensure all students succeed. Using social networking technology, Casebook helps transform child welfare case management, taking caseworkers away from administrative tasks and closer to family needs. Read More
Housing as a Platform for Formerly Incarcerated Persons Stable housing may be a short- and long-term solution for helping released prisoners successfully re-enter society, but more research is needed. Read More
For Every Kid, A Forever Family This brochure provides an overview of Lifelong Families, a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s former direct service agency, Casey Family Services. The document highlights the values, principle components and benefits of the model, as well as early successes at improving the outcomes for children and youth in foster care. This model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes especially for older youth in treatment foster care. Read More
KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the Number of Disconnected Youth This brief outlines five strategies for reducing the number of disconnected youth. Read More
Rural Family Economic Success Earn it, Keep it, Grow It This overview describes how Casey’s framework for family economic success can work in rural America. 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