Family Economic Supports
You are in the Family Economic Supports section of the Casey Foundation Knowledge Center, which offers resources that are either published or funded by the Casey Foundation. Resources include information, resources, policies and strategies to help families stabilize their income and build wealth and assets.
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Featured Publications
Seizing the Moment: State Governments and the New Commitment to Reduce Poverty in America
2008
CLASP and Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, a Casey-funded initiative, have released a report highlighting national, state, and local efforts to address poverty. In this report, the authors identify which states have raised the political profile of fighting poverty and the challenges faced by those who struggle to make ends meet; also included are summaries of formal policy recommendations released by four states.
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Family Values at Work: It’s About Time!
2008
This report documents the consequences on workers, families, businesses and the nation when family values end at the workplace door. The document details the stories of workers suffering from the lack of family-friendly work rules, summarizes key research, and lays out a policy agenda modest compared to that of other advanced nations yet urgently needed by U.S. workers and their families.
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Family Values at Work: It’s About Time!- Executive Summary
2008
This executive summary highlights important findings found in the full length report--Family Values at Work: It’s About Time!
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Strengthening State Policies: The Process for Change
2008
This policy brief explores steps that lead to policy change as well as examines how new ideas and solutions come to prominence in the policymaking process. Also discussed was the role that nonprofits can take in affecting policy change.
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Immigrant Integration in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods: Improving Economic Prospects and Strengthening Connections for Vulnerable Families
2007
How well are immigrants integrating in U.S. inner cities? To answer this question, this report draws on a unique survey of residents in 10 vulnerable urban neighborhoods (part of Casey’s Making Connections initiative) to examine the financial well-being and economic integration of families of different racial, ethnic, and nativity status. Among the main findings is that families with children across all groups are especially vulnerable, and immigrants and native minorities in the neighborhoods we examine face similar types of economic difficulties ─ although to varying degrees. Overall, the report’s findings suggest that even in these tough neighborhoods, the potential for economic integration of immigrants is strong.
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States Ranked on the Basis of the Condition of Children in Low-income Families
2007
This KIDS COUNT Working Paper ranks all 50 states in terms of the condition of children living in low-income families. The report uses 29 state-level indicators from one year (2003) of two new data sources - the National Survey of Children’s Health and the American Community Survey. This new information is an important look at a target population that is often the focus of public policies to improve the lives of children.
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