Helping Young People After Natural Disasters Two tool kits — one for child welfare agencies and one for juvenile justice agencies — share evidence-informed and trauma-focused guidance that is designed to help youth thrive after disasters. Read More
Podcast Explores Proposed SOUL Family Permanency Option A podcast episode explores how former foster youth and their yearning for legal, loving and lifelong relationships led to a new permanency option called SOUL Family. Read More
Five Ways Child Welfare Agencies Can Empower Young People The Annie E. Casey Foundation and young people with experience in foster care identify five ways that child welfare leaders can help empower the youth they serve. Read More
Applying Results-Based Facilitation Skills in Virtual Meetings With the COVID-19 pandemic moving in-person meetings to online platforms, a new guide shows how to adapt Results-Based Facilitation techniques to virtual meetings. Download the guide. Read More
Foundation Seeks Proposals for Juvenile Justice Reform Projects Led by Young People The Casey Foundation seeks proposals for projects that address youth justice reform led by youth with prior justice system involvement. Apply now. Read More
New Casey Report Recommends Policies to Help Millions of Children With Incarcerated Parents More than 5.1 million U.S. kids have a parent who has served time. In a new report, A Shared Sentence: The Devastating Toll of Parental Incarceration on Kids, Families and Communities, the Annie E. Casey Foundation recommended policy reforms that would help millions of children who struggle with emotional and financial instability as a result of having an incarcerated parent. Read More
What Do Casey Child Welfare Consultants Do? Child Welfare Strategy Group consultants help child welfare leaders and their staff champion reforms that benefit kids and families. We work closely with leaders to strengthen agency management, finances, operations, policy, communications and frontline practice. Read More
Team Decision Making: A Better Way To Assess Child Safety Team decision making is a departure from traditional child welfare practice. It brings together parents, family, community members and others to assess the situation and determine how best to keep the child safe. Read More
What Are Community Schools? Community schools, which take a holistic approach to supporting young people and their families, are often better equipped to tackle barriers faced by traditional schools, such as a lack of resources and chronic absenteeism. Read More
Survey: Amid Pandemic, Youth Detention Population Fell 24% in One Month, Matching a Recent Seven-Year Period A survey of juvenile justice agencies in 30 states has found that the number of young people in local secure detention centers fell by 24% in March 2020. Learn more about the results of this survey. Read More