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E. Casey Foundation's policy magazine.
The
Spring
2004 issue
explores the workforce crisis plaguing children and family services. AECF
President Doug Nelson highlights the need
for renewed focus on frontline workers serving needy kids and families,
and we look up-close at this challenge in Greenville,
South Carolina.
Other articles document Michigan’s “just-in-time” hiring
process and Cincinnati's pay-for-performance
contract with area human services workers. A final article profiles three
more promising
personnel reforms. 4/1/04
The
Casey Foundation is a major supporter of the Reentry
National Media Outreach Campaign, which showcases communication
resources focusing on the reintegration
of the 600,000 men and women leaving prison annually and returning to their
families and communities. The website provides discussion guides, clips
from TV and radio productions, and "Outside
the Walls: A National Snapshot of Community-Based Prisoner Reentry Programs." 1/27/04
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Latest data on
child well-being now available! Our 15th annual KIDS
COUNT Data Book provides a state-by-state statistical
portrait of the educational, health, and economic conditions
of American children. This year’s essay focuses
on the increasing number of “disconnected” youth
without degrees or employment who face a tough transition
to adulthood. Order the Data Book and related products,
create customized data reports, and more. 6/3/04
Latest data on infant well-being
now available
The Right Start For America's Newborns:
City and State Trends 1990-2001, a
KIDS COUNT online report, addresses the Foundation's belief that conditions
under which infants are born can have lifelong effects on child development and school
readiness. The report uses data from birth certificates to track key measures
of child well-being in the 50 states and 55 large cities in the US. Read the
report or view profiles, graphs, maps, rankings, and more. 1/29/04
KIDS COUNT: State-Level Measures of Child
Well-Being for Children of Color provide statistics on economic, educational, and social
well-being for children of color in the US from the 2000 Census.
Pocket guides are available with information on child well-being
for Asian-American
Children NEW!, American-Indian
Children NEW!, Latino
Children and African-American
Children. Order
hard copies of the guides. 2/4/04
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Casey
Connects is a newsletter that reports on current
activities of the Foundation and its grantees. The
winter
2004 issue highlights efforts to help ensure
better futures for people returning from prison and
their families and communities. It also offers an update
on the Family to Family program focusing on child welfare
leadership and a listing of recent accomplishments
by Foundation grantees and partners. Past
issues are also available. 3/12/04
Five
Organizations Named 2004 FAMILIES COUNT Honorees
The Foundation
is pleased to announce the 2004 FAMILIES COUNT National
honorees. We recognize these remarkable organizations
for connecting families to the support, opportunities
and resources they need to thrive in tough neighborhoods.
Each organization receives an unrestricted award of
$500,000 and becomes part of the FAMILIES COUNT network.
Learn more about the 2004
honorees and FAMILIES
COUNT: THE NATIONAL HONORS. 11/23/03
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