This brief shares the funding sources and strategies of six organizations and partnerships pursuing two-generation approaches. It is the first in a series exploring common challenges organizations face when addressing the needs of children and parents at the same time.
One Baltimore for Jobs, an initiative supported by the Casey Foundation, has helped hundreds of young adults from disinvested city neighborhoods get jobs in construction, health care, transportation and other high-growth industries.
A national evaluation of Elev8 shows the program has made important strides since it began in 2008, despite implementation challenges that have arisen over the years. Elev8 aims to ensure all students have the services they need, with a special focus on successful transitions to high school — which research suggests is a critical turning point in a child’s future academic success.
Under Armour and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) are joining nine of Baltimore’s largest charitable and nonprofit organizations to support high-quality summer programs for the city’s children and youth in low-income families. The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. Friday, February 17, 2017.
Casey recently teamed up with Foundation Center to create a special collection of resources focused on the millions of young people ages 16–24 who are not in school or working — often called disconnected youth.
Fourteen leaders in Georgia have been selected for a new six-month pilot program to help build the capacity of nonprofits working on behalf of boys and men of color in several counties.
This report shares key facts about immigrant parents with young children and examines 11 programs that have successfully served immigrant and refugee families using a two-generation approach. Readers will learn about the difficulties these programs face, what they are doing well, and what policymakers and community stakeholders need to know to support this vulnerable — and growing — demographic.
This report covers the challenging terrains of incarceration, reentry and work. It draws on expert interviews, dozens of resources and two decades of strategic investments by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Readers will learn what employment barriers people commonly face after exiting prison or jail and how to help these individuals pursue — and maintain — family-supporting jobs.
A new report by the Aspen Institute examines the role of philanthropy in helping tomorrow’s low and moderate-income workers get ahead amid a shifting employment landscape.
Together, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies are directing and funding intensive training for some of the top child health advocates from throughout the nation in improving health outcomes for children.
