Building Neighborhood Capacity for Strong Families and Safe Children A Making Connections Peer Technical Assistance Match Between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Louisville, Kentucky This report describes how the Making Connections site in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sought help from their peers in Louisville, Kentucky on how to integrate services for families and children at the neighborhood level by getting a look at the collaboration used to establish Neighborhood Place in Louisville. Read More
Engaging Youth in Community Change A Making Connections Peer Technical Assistance Match between Hartford, CT; Providence, RI; and Boston, MA Documentation of a “peer match” between Making Connections’ Providence, Rhode Island and Hartford, Connecticut site teams with MYTOWN, a Boston-based non-profit that engages youth in civic education and advocacy projects. Read More
Experiencing Probation Insights From Young People and Families This report shares insights from young people and families who have experienced youth probation. Get their take on what's working — and what isn't. Read More
Rethinking Juvenile Detention in Ohio Why Ohio, Why Now This issue brief reviews juvenile detention program data for Ohio and the nation. It outlines the successes of Annie E. Casey’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, talks about Ohio’s participation in the initiative, and shares four recommendations aimed at dramatically altering the state’s use — and overuse — of juvenile detention. Read More
A Practical Guide to Documenting Influence and Leverage In Making Connections Communities This guide offers practical steps for capturing and documenting the effects of influence and leverage in Casey's Making Connections communities. 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
Working Hard, Falling Short America’s Working Families and the Pursuit of Economic Security Too many American families are struggling to get by, advance to the middle class and provide a secure future for their children. This report takes a hard look at why so many working families are struggling, how state and federal policies are falling short, and what we can do to prevent the pursuit of the American dream from becoming a national nightmare. Read More
Improving School Readiness in DeKalb County, Georgia This case study provides an example of how Casey's results-based Leadership in Action Program helped leaders in a Georgia community work more collaboratively and produce measurable results to improve the lives of children. Read More
School Readiness, Full-Day Kindergarten, and Student Achievement An Empirical Investigation Using data from Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–1999, this report examines the relationship between a child's preparedness for kindergarten and their achievements in math and reading through grade 5, and whether program components like full-day kindergarten help or hinder development of academic and non-academic skills. Read More
AdvoCasey: Fall 2001 Fostered or Forgotten? This issue of AdvoCasey outlines the many challenges of serving foster youth in transition. It also highlights ambitious campaigns that are unfolding across the country — in places like San Antonio, Cincinnati and Los Angeles County, California — that aim to forge better options and a better path forward for these young people in need. Read More
