Past Issues of Voice Magazine

Voice served as the sig­na­ture pub­li­ca­tion of Casey Fam­i­ly Ser­vices, the Annie E. Casey Foun­da­tion’s for­mer direct ser­vices agency.

Win­ter 2011
The last issue of Voice high­lights the impor­tance of edu­ca­tion­al sta­bil­i­ty for youth in fos­ter care. It also fea­tures a pro­file of Bren­da Don­ald, vice pres­i­dent of the Cen­ter for Effec­tive Fam­i­ly Ser­vices and Sys­tems at the Foun­da­tion; a look at the gains made in fos­ter care in the Unit­ed States; and the sto­ry of Jim­my Wayne, a coun­try music singer who went on a 1,700 mile trek to raise aware­ness of fos­ter youth. 

Spring 2010
This issue of Voice reflects on the tenure of Casey Foun­da­tion Pres­i­dent and CEO Dou­glas Nel­son, upon his retire­ment. Oth­er top­ics include a KIDS COUNT report on the need for grade-lev­el read­ing by third grade; 2010 Nation­al Fos­ter Care month; and more. 

Fall 2009
This issue of Voice details the efforts of Casey Fam­i­ly Ser­vices to imple­ment the Fos­ter­ing Con­nec­tions Act and high­lights the 20^th anniver­sary of KIDS COUNT, the Casey Foun­da­tion’s nation­al and state-by-state effort to mea­sure the well-being of children. 

Spring 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.

Win­ter 2009
This edi­tion focus­es on crit­i­cal issues of sta­bil­i­ty for chil­dren, in par­tic­u­lar finan­cial sta­bil­i­ty and pover­ty. Finan­cial inse­cu­ri­ty and the con­se­quences of pover­ty place chil­dren at risk for child neglect. With­in this edi­tion are sto­ries and strate­gies aimed at help­ing fam­i­lies strength­en their finan­cial base. 

Summer/​Fall 2008
This issue high­lights Casey Fam­i­ly Ser­vices’ 2008 Nation­al Con­ven­ing on Youth Per­ma­nence as well as the out­comes and impli­ca­tions of the 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book. 

Win­ter 2008
This issue focus­es on efforts by the Foun­da­tion to pro­mote finan­cial sta­bil­i­ty among vul­ner­a­ble fam­i­lies by offer­ing free tax prepa­ra­tion ser­vices and job oppor­tu­ni­ties for fos­ter youth. This issue specif­i­cal­ly high­lights the work of First Jobs Maine, a Casey-spon­sored pro­gram that pre­pares fos­ter youth for enter­ing the work­force, and dis­cuss­es com­mon myths relat­ed to pover­ty and child neglect. 

Winter/​Spring 2007
In this edi­tion, Voice pays spe­cial atten­tion to youth in fos­ter care. It high­lights the out­comes of a con­fer­ence on youth per­ma­nence where teens share their per­spec­tives and expe­ri­ences in and about the system. 

Spring 2006
This issue fea­tures expe­ri­ences from the world of fos­ter care, includ­ing arti­cles on actress Vic­to­ria Row­ell lead­ing a tour­ing exhib­it of youth art; Nation­al Fos­ter Care Month: ways you can help; William Bell on improv­ing fos­ter care; and fos­ter par­ents sup­port­ing each oth­er after the hurricane. 

Sum­mer 2006
This issue address­es the needs of old­er chil­dren and youth in fos­ter care. It includes arti­cles on the 2006 Nation­al Con­ven­ing on Youth Per­ma­nence on sub­jects such as pro­mot­ing fam­i­lies for life, the Mass­a­chu­setts DSS Com­mis­sion­er on reform­ing child wel­fare, and rur­al fam­i­ly eco­nom­ic success. 

Fall 2005
This issue fea­tures Nation­al Adop­tion Day, U.S. Sen­a­tors Craig and Lan­drieu on adop­tion, the Casey Foun­da­tion’s response to tragedies in the Gulf region, and pro­tect­ing chil­dren who par­tic­i­pate in research. 

Spring 2005
This issue hon­ors Nation­al Fos­ter Care Month, fea­tures Khat­ib Waheed on dis­pro­por­tion­al­i­ty and inequity in the child wel­fare sys­tem, details fos­ter dads mak­ing it work, and shares learn­ing from the Fam­i­ly Resource Cen­ters Initiative. 

Win­ter 2005
This issue of Voice spot­lights many tru­ly out­stand­ing peo­ple, each cham­pi­oning chil­dren in dif­fer­ent ways: Geof­frey Cana­da, founder and pres­i­dent of the wide­ly respect­ed Harlem Children’s Zone; Ani­ta and Wayne Adams of Chester, Ver­mont, who have adopt­ed a fos­ter child who recent­ly returned safe­ly from a tour of duty in Iraq; and Bob Kline, a sea­soned social work­er in the Ver­mont Divi­sion of Casey Fam­i­ly Services. 

Sum­mer 2004
This issue focus­es on the alarm­ing lack of ade­quate ser­vices and sup­ports for ado­les­cents in care and tran­si­tion­ing from care into adult­hood. It high­lights the nation­al Blue Rib­bon Cam­paign for Nation­al Fos­ter Care Month, the KIDS COUNT Data Book release, and a col­lab­o­ra­tive endeav­or with the Yale Child Study Center. 

Spring 2004
This issue pays spe­cial trib­ute to the courage and resilience of tran­si­tion­ing fos­ter youth, to the strength and com­mit­ment of their fos­ter and adop­tive par­ents, and to the grow­ing legions of vol­un­teers who have stepped in to play a crit­i­cal role for youth at risk of veer­ing off track. The issue high­lights Nation­al Fos­ter Care Month in May. 

Win­ter 2004
This issue includes an arti­cle that shows how social work­ers can become the life­line that keeps fam­i­lies togeth­er. The issue also focus­es on sys­tems, strate­gies, and cam­paigns imple­ment­ed nation­wide to help improve fos­ter care. 

Fall 2004
This issue hon­ors Nation­al Adop­tion Month, pro­vides an update on the Nation­al Adop­tion Study, and fea­tures First Jobs Maine, a ​“win-win” pro­gram for youth and business. 

Fall 2003
This issue focus­es on the chal­lenges that today’s young adults face as they tran­si­tion out of fos­ter care and into inde­pen­dent liv­ing. High­lights of this issue include Nation­al Adop­tion Day, the new Sit­u­a­tion­al Lead­er­ship Train­ing Pro­gram, and Casey Fam­i­ly Ser­vices’ move to its new head­quar­ters in New Haven.