Research Action Briefs funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) has awarded $83,000 in initial grant monies for CRGE to coordinate and produce two "Research/Action Briefs for Disparities Reduction." These briefs will document the policies, practices, ideologies, and interactions that produce current social disparities in neighborhoods and in children's lives as well as offer a menu of promising strategies, tools, interventions, and other resources intended to reduce these disparities. AECF is dedicated to improving major systems that serve disadvantaged children, transform neighborhoods, and promote accountability and innovation. CRGE will work with the AECF Respect Advisory Board (made up of nationally known scholars) to develop research topics that cover pressing issues of contemporary concern and that are of immediate relevance to the Casey Foundation's work.
The first two briefs will focus on disparities in access to jobs and education for welfare recipients, and racial-ethnic disparities in high school dropout rates. Briefs will include major research findings, promising practices and policy implications. They will be used as resources for the foundation in its community workshops to help participants reexamine situations and be encouraged to envision relevant change strategies for the disparities they face in their particular locations.
These two Research/Action Briefs for Disparities Reduction are expected to be the first in a series to be funded by Casey that will be of use to advocates, practitioners, communities, and AECF staff specializing in specific disparities.