The Forgotten Fifth Child Poverty in Rural America This report takes a hard look at poverty in urban and rural communities. It makes a clear case for why policymakers should look beyond the urban landscape — and to the American countryside — when creating services and programs aimed at helping rural children in need. Read More
Walking our Talk in the Neighborhoods; Family to Family Tools Partnerships Between Professional and Natural Helpers, Part Three This paper shows how to create true, healthy reform for the families and children involved in the child welfare system by presenting the pros and cons of neighborhood helper/professional partnerships. Read More
Rural Children Are More Likely to Live in Cohabiting Couple Households This policy brief presents findings about the proportion of children living in cohabiting households, as well as the characteristics of those households, based on an analysis of Census data (1995 to 2006). Read More
Becoming Adults, Executive Summary One-Year Impact Findings from the Youth Villages Transitional Living Evaluation This report presents MDRC’s evaluation of the Transitional Living program located in Tennessee and operated by Youth Villages. Read More
KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the Child Death Rate This brief outlines five strategies to address health and safety issues that affect the well-being of children ages 1-14. 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
Lifelong Families Guardianship Case Study Mealea This is part of a set of case studies which illustrate how Lifelong Families – a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s former direct service agency – helped advance permanency outcomes for older youth in treatment foster care. This case study highlights how Mealea achieved permanence through guardianship. 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
Understanding the Experiences and Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents Views from Mentors This report details conversations from mentors of kids with parents in prison and how the prison time affects the kids. Read More
Moving Up Is A Steep Climb Parents’ Work and Children’s Welfare in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Jobs Initiative Researchers spent 18 months following families to better understand how parental employment intersects with child well-being. Their study focused on 10 low-income families from two Jobs Initiative sites — Seattle and Milwaukee. The goal? Learn how workforce development impacts a parent’s job mobility and if this mobility — or lack thereof — affects their kids. Read More