Annie E Casey Foundation (AECF)

Child welfare system reform and prevention - increase community-based programs and services that address family needs early on, ensure children's safety and avoid entry into the child welfare system. Assist child welfare agencies with employing practices that will keep families together, place more children with relatives and end the use of group homes for kids and teens.

Juvenile justice system reform - promote policies, practices and programs that seek to prevent young people from entering the juvenile justice system or experiencing unnecessary incarceration and other forms of out-of-home placement. The goal is to ensure youth live in stable, supportive families and can successfully transition to adulthood.

Strategic communications - support the development of effective messages and media platforms that build understanding, share lessons, align allies, move potential partners and convert critics to ensure all children and youth in america can reach their full potential.

This amount pertains to losses generated by program-related investments as described in section 4944(c) of the internal revenue code. The purpose of these investments is listed in part viii-b of this return.