Evaluation of the AECF Jobs Initiative First Annual/Cross-Site Report
This report recaps the planning phase of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Jobs Initiative across six locations.
This report recaps the planning phase of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Jobs Initiative across six locations.
This report explores family-centered employment strategies, beginning with a look at the reasons why some families live in poverty.
A comprehensive guide to strategies for connecting low-income workers to jobs that pay family-supporting wages and provide flexibility and assistance to parents raising children.
This issue of Casey Connects highlights the 2000 KIDS COUNT Data Book essay along with Casey initiatives and partnerships out to transform the lives of vulnerable families and children — be it through better job training, social connections, immigrant supports or direct services.
In 1994, Milwaukee implemented a two-year program, New Hope, that provided low-income working families with a flexible package of earnings supplements and services. The results? Glorious. Parents benefited from a boost in employment and earnings. Equally noteworthy: Their kids — specifically their sons — had fewer behavioral issues and better academic success.
