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Family Ties: Exploring Massachusetts’ use of Kinship Foster Care for Children in the Child Welfare System
When we don't give children the best opportunity for healthy growth and development, we put their future - and our future as a Commonwealth - ...
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Earned Paid Sick Time and Safe Time Provisions
To protect their physical and economic security, survivors of domestic and sexual violence sometimes need to take time off from work to address health and ...
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Earned Paid Sick Time: Supporting Healthy, Thriving Communities
Policies that affect the health of individuals also affect the health of the community. MassBudget's new fact sheet Earned Paid Sick Time: Supporting Healthy, Thriving ...
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Earned Paid Sick Time By the Numbers: Regional and Local Access In Massachusetts
Access to earned paid sick time improves the economic security of working people and families in communities in every region of our Commonwealth. This fact ...
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U.S. & MA Households See Few Gains during Recovery, New Census Data Show
The economic security of working families depends on reliable access to opportunities that offer good incomes and that allow workers to share in the benefits ...
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Balancing Work and Family: The Economic Effects of Earned Paid Sick Time
Many workers are responsible for caring for a family. They face daily challenges of being both good parents and hard-working, effective employees. In recent decades, ...
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Uplifting the Whole Child: Using Wraparound Services to Overcome Social Barriers to Learning
To help children overcome non-academic barriers to success, a number of districts across the country have implemented wraparound services in their schools. Recent research shows ...
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2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book
Children have a greater opportunity to thrive and succeed in Massachusetts than in any other state, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2014 KIDS ...
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Building a Foundation for Success
Early education and care has wide ranging benefits for children, parents and the economy. This report examines options for investing in early education that range ...
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Unlocking Potential: Examining the Funding of Juvenile Detention and Effective Alternatives in Massachusetts
Over the past decade, the number of teenagers involved with the juvenile justice system has declined significantly. Among other things, this has meant fewer arrests, ...
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