An SEA Guide for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement This guide is designed to help State Education Agencies (SEAs) conduct self-studies to identify interventions that may be implemented in schools needing improvement or that require comprehensive or targeted support. The interventions selected should be those that are most relevant and appropriate based on the needs of schools, with the strongest evidence base possible under the Every Student Succeeds Act. Read More
Casey Connects: Winter 2001 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. Read More
Casey in Baltimore: Supporting Nonprofits that Help Children and Families Creating Successful Futures for Children and Families The Annie E. Casey Foundation is deeply invested in building a better Baltimore, Maryland. This report checks in on 11 initiatives — including a fatherhood support series, youth center and mentor program — that highlight the many ways that Casey is working to improve the lives of Baltimore’s families and children since 1995. It is part of a larger series that examines Casey’s family-strengthening efforts in specific cities. Read More
How to Evaluate Choice and Promise Neighborhoods This brief describes key research questions to keep in mind when evaluating community development efforts. Read More
Indiana Results-Based Leadership Helping Ex-Offenders Turn Their Lives Around in Marion County, Indiana This report outlines the Marion County, Indiana Leadership in Action (LAP) program to reduce the rate of re-arrest by incarcerated people after they are released from prison or jail. Read More
East Baltimore Snapshot A Progress Report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation through December 2010 This snapshot speeds through nine years of an ambitious development project aimed at transforming Maryland’s East Baltimore neighborhood — home to disproportionally high rates of crime, unemployment and poverty. Readers will learn how the Foundation is helping to spearhead this charge in typical Casey style — by partnering with the local residents, listening to their needs and recognizing that true progress requires more than new fancy buildings to build brighter futures. Read More
Borrowing Trouble Predatory Lending in Native American Communities This report provides an overview of predatory lending practices aimed at Native Americans across the United States and the work being done by five Native nations to help fight this growing problem. Read More
Reduce Poverty and Promote Opportunity The Annie E. Casey Foundation Issue Brief Casey’s Congressional call-to-action in this 2009 report recommends several changes that promote proven practices in creating economic opportunity for our most destitute families. Read More
Turning Curves, Achieving Results Children and Family Fellowship The results-based accountability framework has allowed leaders and organizations to plan reforms that are strategic goal-oriented and effective. This report uses the framework to examine how Casey Fellows have assisted the human services sector in making effective change. Read More
Strategic Funding in Education Attracts Co-Investments This report details how a charter school venture in Indianapolis, Indiana, led to a range of investments in sustaining the charter school initiative. Read More
