Leadership Counts
There is no substitute for political will and genuine leadership.
New Futures was launched in 1988 by the Casey Foundation as a response to poor, urban, at-risk kids dropping out of high school. At the time, this daring and unique cross-agency, community-collaborative approach encouraged solutions to the complex needs of kids and families. This is Casey’s candid reflection to the question: Did it work? The lessons learned from a first crack at large-scale community reform have helped many other reform advocates over the years. And, it has shaped the Foundation’s work for the past two decades.
The sheer lack of experience that most people have in working across race, class, culture, belief and language lines make communication among all players very difficult.