When and How to Use External Evaluators This practice guide is a simple, straightforward resource for grantmaking program officers interested in using external consultants for program evaluations. Read More
Casey Connects: Fall 2002 Partnerships Creating an "Echo Chamber" of Family Strengthening Messages This issue of Casey Connects highlights family strengthening partnerships and FAMILIES COUNT honorees for promoting the family strengthening message as a national priority. Read More
What Keeps Children In Foster Care From Succeeding in School Views of Early Adolescents and the Adults in their Lives This study draws on interviews with foster children and adults to better understand how being in foster care affects a child’s education on a day-to-day basis. Read More
Creating Change Pushing Workforce Systems to Help Participants Achieve Economic Stability and Mobility This report presents examples of workforce development strategies and reforms implemented as part of the Casey Foundation’s Jobs Initiative. Read More
States as Innovators in Low-Income Health Coverage This paper focuses on state efforts to extend health insurance coverage to low-income Americans. It reviews the mechanisms available to do so and identifies 13 innovative states that have effectively pushed coverage well beyond levels required by law. Read More
AdvoCasey: Summer 2002 Work First, What Next? This edition of AdvoCasey explores how welfare reform has evolved to reconnect families to the economic mainstream. It spotlights welfare-to-work models that are helping participants find jobs, build skills and move up the career ladder. It also reviews how welfare reform impact kids and what challenges many families face when they leave the welfare rolls. Read More
Casey Connects: Summer 2002 Making Work Count for Low-Income Families This issue of Casey Connects uses KIDS COUNT Data Book statistics to examine how American families are faring in the wake of welfare reform. A second story spotlights a Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative site that has successfully written race and ethnicity out of the detention decision equation. Smaller stories highlight Casey-celebrated movers and shakers, the importance of cultural competence in connecting workers to jobs and lessons from the Foundation’s Rebuilding Communities Initiative. Read More
Caregiver's Handbook for Money Pals Being Cool with Cash and I Know Where I'm Going Written for caregivers of foster youth, this guide gives concrete direction in teaching financial skills to help foster kids find their dreams and have the money to make them reality. Read More
I Know Where I'm Going, Part Two But Will My Cash Keep Up? This workbook, part of a 2-book set, is designed to stimulate conversations with foster children, ages 12 to 15, about investing money, being a savvy shopper and using a credit card. Read More
I Know Where I'm Going, Part One But Will My Cash Keep Up This guide, written for teenagers in foster care, provides the knowledge and skills necessary to be financially savvy and able to save for your future. Read More
