Casey Connects: Winter/Spring 2003 Exploring the Role of the Faith Community in Family Strengthening This issue of Casey Connects explores the powerful role that faith organizations can play in supporting children, families and communities. Smaller stories spotlight Casey-celebrated movers and shakers and the Foundation’s commitment to helping residents of East Baltimore benefit from a local development project. Read More
Defining Group Care Programs An index of reporting standards This paper makes a clear case for revolutionizing reporting standards for group care programs. Readers will learn how the field’s current approach paints an all-to-generic picture of programs while failing to define what works—and what doesn’t—in terms of serving today’s youth. New comprehensive standards, introduced in this report, can both expand what we know about group care practice and inject some much-needed nuance into this muddied field. Read More
KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Increasing the Number of Children Whose Parents Have Stable Employment This report outlines eight broad strategies for increasing the job stability of families to help improve children's healthy development. Read More
Black Thought Project Lessons on Centering Blackness This report spotlights a project aimed at creating sanctuaries for Black expression and Black people. Learn about the project and its impact. Read More
Identifying Opportunities to Improve Children’s Behavioral Health Care An Analysis of Medicaid Utilization and Expenditures This brief highlights key findings from a national analysis of children’s behavioral health care in Medicaid, and suggests opportunities for quality improvement in the organization, delivery and financing of care for these children. Read More
The Integration of Immigrants and Their Families in Maryland Part 2 A Look at Children of Immigrants and Their Families in Maryland This data report presents a full picture of immigrants in Maryland in the context of ethnic origin, education, economic status, public services and more. Data are broken down by counties. Read More
Clearing the Financial Barriers to Student Success at Community Colleges A review of the Center for Working Families on 10 college campuses. The report details how the colleges provide services and more. Read More
Workforce Development Policy and the AECF Jobs Initiative This policy brief discusses lessons learned from Casey’s Jobs Initiatives and presents recommendations from this work that would make the Workforce Initiative Act less restrictive and more effective. Read More
Building Community/University Partnerships Drake University and Trinity College This report describes the learnings from a gathering between Iowa’s Drake University and Connecticut’s Trinity College on how to improve university-community partnerships. Read More
A Profile of Disconnected Young Adults in 2010 In 16 fact-packed pages, this report rings the alarm on a growing demographic: young adults who have fallen off the road to economic independence. Readers will learn how this group compares to their self-sufficient counterparts, the lasting consequences of missing the adulthood mark, and specific strategies for helping these wayward individuals get their lives — and futures — back on track. Read More
