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
Race Matters: Unequal Opportunities for Neighborhood Vitality This fact sheet brings awareness to neighborhood discrimination as a factor of racial bias. Read More
Casey Connects: Fall 2002 Partnerships Creating an "Echo Chamber" of Family Strengthening Messages This issue of Casey Connects highlights family strengthening partnerships and FAMILIES COUNT honorees for promoting the family strengthening message as a national priority. Read More
Mortar and Muscle Building Community and Assets Through Self-Help Housing This brief looks at the experiences of families working together to build their own homes through self-help housing programs. Read More
Indicators and Indices of Child Well-Being A Brief History This report examines efforts through time to identify and leverage social indicators of child well-being. Read how the work has evolved. Read More
Building Family Economic Success: Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and Other Savings Tools This brief spotlights the power — and untapped potential — of Individual Development Accounts, which offer low-income families a unique opportunity to save money and build assets. This fact sheet is one installment in a 10-part series, called Building Family Economic Success, that highlights how the Foundation is helping to economically empower families across America. Read More
Children of Immigrants: 2008 State Trends Update Brief 17 This brief presents trends about children of immigrants, including links to race, poverty and education. Read More
Building Resident Power and Capacity for Change An "on-the-ground" reflection about what it takes for funders to work effectively with low-income communities A 2009 report that captures funder reflections on investing in neighborhood-based community organizing initiatives. Read More
Immigration Enforcement and Family Separation This one-page brief examines the impact of enforcement raids on immigrant children and their families. Read More
The Right Start for America’s Newborns A decade of city and state trends This working paper — which updates previous Right Start reports — looks at eight healthy birth measures from 1990 to 1999. It examines these measures at the state level, nationwide and by grouping together America’s 50 largest cities. Read More
