Kansas Enacts New Permanency Option for Older Youth in Foster Care Kansas is the first in the nation to allow a SOUL Family legal permanency option to help older youth in foster care to form legal families. Read more. Read More
Workforce Development Programs That Work for Youth With Justice-System Experience Learn about common features of quality community-based workforce development programs for youth with criminal or juvenile records. Read More
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Young Parents With Foster Care Experience A new webinar from the Annie E. Casey Foundation examines five ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected young parents with experience in foster care. Read More
New Research Series Examines Roots of Racial Inequities in Child and Family Well-Being Elevating Equity: Casey and Hilton Foundations support research to advance racial equity for American families. Read More
Introducing TST-FC: A Trauma-Focused Curriculum for Caregivers Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care is a curriculum designed to help foster parents understand how trauma affects children’s behavior. Download now. Read More
Initiative’s Work in Baltimore Neighborhood Leads to Drop in Infant Mortality Disinvestment led to health disparities in Baltimore’s Upton/Druid Heights, including high infant mortality. See how a city initiative helped reduce it. Read More
A New Way to Measure Healing from Violence A March 6 webinar shared how a new scale measures healing from community violence. Watch now. Read More
Language and Kids in Immigrant Families: What the Data Say In 2016, one in four children in America lived in an immigrant family. KIDS COUNT takes a closer look at what the data says about this group of kids. Read More
Applications Sought for the 2023 Reimagining Juvenile Justice Training-for-Trainers Institute Applications are open for the 2023 Reimagining Juvenile Justice Training-for-Trainers Institute. Apply by June 2, 2023. Read More
Adapting to Connect Young People to Opportunity With the pandemic, youth face barriers to education and employment. Stakeholders must adapt to connect young people to opportunity. Read More
