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Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. – 1995
In 1988, the Annie E. Casey Foundation began New Futures, an 5-year initiative aimed at preparing disadvantaged urban youth for successful lives as adults. Through grants to five mid-sized cities, the Casey Foundation sought to encourage a fundamental restructuring of the way these communities planned, financed, and delivered educational, health,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education