Permanence
Every child needs and deserves to grow up in a safe, loving, and nurturing family – a family whose support is unconditional and will last a lifetime. Yet for the half million children in foster care on any given day, these necessary family connections are too often lost. The Casey Foundation publishes and funds publications and multi-media to help policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and others address the challenge of providing lifelong connections for every child.
See also Our Work: Child Welfare/Permanence, an overview of Casey's investment in child welfare/permanence.
Featured Publications
New Help for Children Raised by Grandparents and Other Relatives: Questions and Answers about the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
2009
This detailed and user-friendly tool coordinated by the Children's Defense Fund with support from 18 collaborating organization should be useful for those in the child welfare field in understanding and implementing provisions related to kinship care.
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Helping Children Aging Out of Foster Care Prepare for Independence
2009
Whether you already fund programs and activities that support children aging out of foster care prepare for independence, or are considering doing so, the guide will spark your thinking – and that of your foundation peers – and deepen your understanding of effective strategies to prepare young people aging out of foster care to build bright and promising futures for themselves.
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Issue Brief: Rebuild the Nation's Child Welfare System
2009
Our nation’s child welfare systems spend more than $25 billion per year, of which more than $12 billion comes from the federal government. Yet there is broad consensus that these systems, despite the extraordinary efforts, fail to produce the results we need. This Casey Foundation issue brief outlines federal policy recommendations for rebuilding the nation's child welfare system.
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Voice: Spring 2009, Volume 10, Issue 2
2009
In light of the current economic crisis and its implications for struggling families, it is imperative that the child welfare system adopt policy reforms aimed at improving the outcomes for vulnerable children and families. This issue of Voice details how the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act, passed in 2008, and other polices that promote permanence and equity can be implemented effectively.
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation: Family to Family Initiative DVD
2008
This DVD contains the following Family to Family videos in Spanish and English versions: Building Partnerships in Child Welfare (16 min.); Team Decisionmaking: Involving Family and Community in Child Welfare Decisions (21 min.); Voices of Youth: Supporting Adolescents in Foster Care (17:30 min.); and Make a Difference (10:05 min).
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Mental Health Practice: Guidelines for Child Welfare
2009
These guidelines and supporting rationale were developed from the October 2007 Best Practices for Mental Health in Child Welfare Consensus Conference sponsored by Casey Family Programs, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the REACH Institute (Resource for Advancing Children’s Health). The purpose of this convening was to develop best practice standards for addressing mental health in child welfare by focusing on: mental health screening and assessment, psychosocial interventions, psychopharmacological interventions, parent support and empowerment, and, lastly, youth support.
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Helping Grandparents Raise Grandchildren Who Succeed
2009
Across the United States, millions of grandparents are raising grandchildren, and the number continues to rise. This discussion guide for small foundations is focused specifically on strategies for supporting nonprofit organizations that help provide grandparents with the resources to raise grandchildren to succeed.
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The Story of Family to Family: The Early Years (1992-2006) of an Initiative to Improve Child Welfare Systems
2008
This case study explains why and how Casey set out to improve systems and practices across the country in ways that benefit children and families, and what the Foundation learned in the process. It outlines the crises and responses that pre-dated Family to Family; describes the initiative’s premise, framework, and strategies; and covers its evolution from the rollout in pilot sites to replication across the country. The report offers observations about Family to Family’s core features and what they imply for the field of child welfare system reform. jjkjkjk
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Voice: Summer/Fall 2008: Volume 9, Issue Two
2008
This issue of Voice highlights Casey Family Services' 2008 National Convening on Youth Permanence as well as the outcomes and implications of the 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book.
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Children With Incarcerated Parents: A List of Selected Resources
2008
This resource guide, last updated in June 2008, lists selected citations of documents and resources in four categories: general, research, program and practice, and policy and state/local level activity. While the guide is not meant to be inclusive of all relevant information available on children with incarcerated parents, it represents informative work in the topic areas addressed.
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