Spotlight on Youth Mentoring January is National Mentoring Month. Get the latest statistics on mentoring and its powerful benefits to youth. Read More
Strengthening Support for Kinship Caregivers This Kinship Care Month, three resources offer best practices for those who want to strengthen services for kinship families. Read More
Adoptions From Foster Care In 2021, over 113,754 kids were in foster care and awaiting adoption. Get the data details on these children. Read More
Study Documents the Benefits of Authentic Youth Engagement Engaging young people emerging from foster care to help shape practice and policy is a key approach of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. But does it work? A team of researchers from Washington State University set out to answer this question. Read More
Defining and Promoting Youth Well-Being — With Young People Leading the Way Read about the efforts of young people working to define, collect and assess data on youth well-being. Read More
How Colleges Can Promote Equity to Support Low-Income Students Earning an advanced degree opens doors for low-income working students, connecting them to family-supporting wages and greater financial stability. Read a new report that explores the role of colleges in supporting these students and their success. Read More
Reimagining Juvenile Justice Curriculum Now Available Online — for Free The Reimagining Juvenile Justice curriculum, designed for professionals working in the juvenile justice field, is available online for free. Learn more. Read More
Housing Instability for Young People and Families: New Data, Longstanding Inequities The Casey Foundation is committed to leveraging its resources and relationships toward advancing housing equity and improving outcomes for kids and families. Read to learn more. Read More
Supporting Kinship Caregivers Through the Family First Prevention Services Act The Family First Prevention Services Act introduced pathways to ensure that young people involved with the child welfare system are able to grow up in safe, stable and secure families — including kin placements — that support their long-term well-being. Find resources related to kin placements. Read More
Introducing TST-FC: A Trauma-Focused Curriculum for Caregivers Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care is a powerful new training curriculum designed to enhance foster parents’ understanding of how trauma affects children’s behavior. It's available for any agency to download and implement for free. Read More