Foster Care Can Spark Modest Improvements in Child Well-Being, New Research Shows According to new research from Kids Insight, the well-being of many children in foster care improves while in custody. However, a minority of kids still struggle and agencies need to find innovative approaches to effectively meet their needs. Read More
Foster Home Estimator: Helping Child Welfare Agencies Plan for Family Recruitment A new tool, the Foster Home Estimator, can help agencies build a more robust pool of foster parents by more accurately estimating how many additional foster homes are needed, especially for specific populations of children, such as teens or large sibling groups. Read More
Help Kids Thrive by Focusing Child Welfare Casework on Family Permanence In A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency, the Casey Foundation describes how child welfare casework can do more to provide children with stable living situations and build children’s long-term family relationships. Read More
Register for Child Welfare Webinar on Connecting Kids to Family Through Casework Every kid needs a family — which is why child welfare casework should focus on family relationships and permanence. To learn how public agencies can implement high-performing practices, join the Casey Foundation for Getting to Permanence: The Practices of High-Performing Child Welfare Agencies, a webinar at 2 p.m. EST on July 19, 2016. Read More
Talking Juvenile Justice Reform A FrameWorks Message Memo This FrameWorks report offers specific, tested recommendations to build public understanding of juvenile justice reform. A related toolkit explains how to implement the recommendations using examples from the juvenile justice field. Read More
Moving Kids Out of Poverty is Possible; Casey’s New Podcast Explores How In this episode of CaseyCast, the Foundation’s Lisa Hamilton and the Brookings Institution’s Ron Haskins discuss America’s stubborn child poverty rate and how we can boost economic mobility among low-income families. Read More
Patrick McCarthy on Supreme Court's United States v. Texas Decision Casey Foundation President & CEO Patrick McCarthy offers his reflections on the recent Supreme Court decision blocking President Obama's executive order on immigration and what it means for children and families. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Cynthia Weaver on Bringing Evidence2Success to Alabama As a senior associate with Casey’s Evidence-Based Practice Team, Cynthia Weaver works to expand the use of programs backed by scientific evidence to reap results in helping vulnerable kids and families succeed. Read More
Removing Barriers to Everyday Experiences: Normalcy and Foster Care The Casey Foundation’s Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative addresses challenges faced by youth in foster care and aims to make their experiences as typical when compared to thier peers not in custody. Read More
