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
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
Extending Ladders Findings from the Annie E. Casey's Jobs Initiative This report summarizes key outcomes and lessons from the Casey Foundation's Jobs Initiative, which emphasized workforce development reforms on behalf of low-skilled job seekers. Read More
A Very Intense and Complex Balancing Act A Reflection by Former Making Connections Oakland Director Fred Blackwell This interview gives readers an inside look at the ups and downs of managing a foundation initiative at the local level. Read More
Improving Access to Apprenticeship Strengthening State Policies and Practices This report outlines the need for employers, nonprofits and policy makers to align resources and systems to create or strengthen programs — such as apprenticeships — to train low-skill adults for jobs that can help their families achieve financial stability. Read More
Supporting Vulnerable Children and Families Innovative Approaches for Individual Philanthropists and Small Family Foundations There is no better time than today for a philanthropist to learn how to expand their horizons and join forces with every potential partner in every sector — including business and government. Read More
Unlocking the Promise A Guide for Funders Interested in Transformational Grantmaking This assessment guide aims to help funders make smarter—and fairer—grantmaking decisions. It shares specific questions to ask and plan examples to consider in pursuit of transformative change. Prospective grantees can also use this guide to strengthen their proposals and projects before advancing them within the funding pipeline. Read More
Trying Out a Real Time Advocacy Self-Evaluation Process Guidance and Considerations for KIDS COUNT Grantees This brief describes an existing advocacy evaluation concept for policy work and discusses the pros and cons of how grantees could effectively test this real-time self-evaluation approach to document and support their advocacy work. 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
An SEA Quick-Start Guide for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement The quick-start guide provides a brief overview of the self-study process which is described in more detail in the full State Education Agencies (SEAs) Guide for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement. This process helps SEAs to identify appropriate and relevant interventions that may be implemented in schools requiring comprehensive or targeted support. Read More