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
Children and Family Fellowship Overview This brochure highlights the Casey Foundation’s Children and Family Fellowship, a 20-month executive leadership program aimed at improving outcomes for children, families and communities. Read More
Melting Pot Cities and Suburbs Racial and Ethnic Change in Metro America in the 2000s The racial and ethnic distribution of population in the United States is changing, as the 2010 Census revealed. This report debunks old myths while revealing why cities and suburbs are becoming true melting pots. Read More
Juvenile Jailhouse Rocked: Reforming Detention in Chicago, Portland and Sacramento A Preprint for AdvoCasey Fall/Winter 1999 This article presents a hardcore look at how secure detention for kids really works, what it took for Casey to institute its Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative and the effects JDAI has had on grantee jurisdictions and the detention field itself. Read More
Big Ideas for Job Creation: Rethinking Work Opportunity From Tax Credits to Subsidized Job Placements This brief shows how a current tax credit program is not creating jobs and could be redirected into subsidized job opportunities. Read More
Facing Our Future Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Enforcement This report examines the consequences of parental arrest, detention, and deportation on 190 children in 85 families in six locations across the country. Read More
Toward Reduced Poverty Across America: Executive Summary Early Findings from New York City's Conditional Cash Transfer Program This report presents initial findings during rhe first 2 years of a conditional cash transfer program in New York CIty where participants got paid to improve their eduction and workforce skills. Read More
Center for Working Families Cost Profile: MET Center From Insight to Impact - Worldwide This report uses two years of financial information from the MET Center in St. Louis to answer basic financial questions for organizations wanting to incorporate one type of Center for Working Families approach into their programs. Read More
Women and Men Living on the Edge Economic Insecurity After the Great Recession This report shares findings from the 2010 Survey of Economic Security which tells how people felt about their own economic security following the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009. The results are far from rosy and indicate that, even after the recession’s official end, millions of Americans are financially frustrated, vulnerable and struggling. 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
