Exploring United Way Engagement in EITC Campaigns A Report to the Field This report — the result of a United Way of America survey and working group — reflects the organization’s staunch commitment to helping vulnerable families utilize the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). It offers field-tested advice, square-one strategies and EITC program facts as part of a larger effort to help United Way sites across the country support local EITC campaigns. Read More
Juvenile Detention Reform: A Guide for County Officials This guidebook captures alternative practices to juvenile detention that counties can implement while cutting costs and increasing public safety. Read More
Using an Investment Approach to Grantmaking Lessons Learned from the Casey Foundation's Jobs Initiative This report explores the challenges, similarities and differences among local and national investors in workforce development initiatives. Read More
Federal Programs for Addressing Low-Income Housing Needs A Policy Primer This report provides an overview of federal rental assistance programs, key data on who is served by these programs, and the current housing policy challenges at the local, state and federal levels. Read More
How Evaluation Supports Learning A Case Study Describing Resource Media's Use of a Learning Circle This case study explores the use of Learning Circles as a practice that can be effective in sparking discussions about evaluation data and informing organizational improvement and decision making. Read More
Pursuit of the Dream Cars & Jobs in America Using three real-life stories, this discussion guide illustrates ways in which common pitfalls prevent families from reaching better jobs, better opportunities and a better quality of life. Read More
Feeding Our Future Growing Up Healthy with WIC This brief highlights the impact of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) on very young children. Read More
Children’s Budget 2012 In an effort to expand federal funding for our nation’s children, readers get to learn the financial facts, which fill more than 180 pages of this graph-packed report, and learn how much the government has invested in each program since 2008. Read More
Measuring Poverty at the State Level: Low-Income Working Families Paper 17 This report looks at the results of implementing a poverty measure for Minnesota using the American Community Survey (ACS) – including the benefits, challenges and policy implications of establishing this poverty benchmark. Read More
Metropolitan Conditions and Trends Changing Contexts for a Community Initiative This report reviews recent trends for social and economic conditions in the 10 metropolitan areas surrounding the Casey Foundation's Making Connections initiative cities, giving context for the neighborhood programs being implemented. Read More