America’s Invisible Children Latino Youth and the Failure of Justice This policy brief sifts through statistics and stereotypes to offer an engaging look at how America’s justice system is failing Latino youth. Readers will learn what various organizations are doing — nationally and locally — to address damaging racial and ethnic disparities and support our country’s largest minority group. The text closes with clear actions that policymakers must take to fix our broken justice system and keep all involved youth safe, out of adult prison and bound for a brighter tomorrow. Read More
A Snapshot of Children Living on Mexico’s Northern Border Border Kids Count This report — part of the KIDS COUNT Snapshot series — takes a quick look at what life is like for the 2 million children living in Mexico’s northern border region. It shares statistics on child well-being measures in a range of areas, including migration and safety, living conditions, family economic well-being, education, health and more. The goal? Jumpstart data-driven discussions and informed decision making to promote well-being within these unique communities. 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
The Affordable Care Act Implications for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, youth transitioning out of foster care can now receive Medicaid coverage up to age 26. This brief highlights the policy change and shares seven ways that states and agencies can work to improve both health insurance access and health outcomes among recent foster care alums. Read More
Back into the Fold: Helping Ex-Prisoners Reconnect through Faith This report provides an overview of why faith-based organizations have created programs to serve ex-prisoners and describes the types of services these programs provide. Read More
Ensuring Success for Young Children: Transition to Kindergarten This discussion guide outlines ways to support nonprofits that provide early childhood education programs to better prepare children for success in school as research shows that children’s failure in school is due in part to gaps in school readiness. 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
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
Learning While Doing in the Human Services Sector Becoming a Learning Organization through Organizational Change This summary report describes the origins, processes and outcomes of the learning-while-doing approach and presents lessons learned from Casey Family Services that other child welfare providers and human service organizations may apply as they engage in organizational change. Read More
Residential Instability and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Education Program What We Know, Plus Gaps in Research The McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth program promises services and support to help homeless students succeed. This report spells out what we know — and all that we do not know — about the program’s impact on academic outcomes since its creation in 1987. It ends with an urgent call to fill in an array of research gaps so that policymakers can make informed decisions about the program's future and its capacity to ease the burden of residential instability on today’s youth. Read More
