Reducing Congregate Care: Worth the Fight The Casey Foundation supports reducing congregate care in foster placements from 16% to 5-10% in five years, prioritizing lifelong family connections. Read More
Self-Inflicted Wounds Protecting Families and Our Economy from Bad Budget Choices This report compares several 2010 budget cutting proposals and how each will affect the United States population. Read More
Housing as a Platform for Formerly Incarcerated Persons Stable housing may be a short- and long-term solution for helping released prisoners successfully re-enter society, but more research is needed. Read More
Making Performance Funding Work for All The Working Poor Families Project Policy Brief This report discusses performance funding policy for higher education currently being promoted at the national, state and local levels. Read More
The Effects of State EITC Expansion on Children's Health This brief examines the impact of state-level Earned Income Tax Credits on specific health-related outcomes for children. Read More
Resources for Holding Icebreaker Meetings Between Birth and Foster Parents Icebreaker meetings can help forge relationships between birth parents, foster parents and caseworkers — which is extremely important for foster kids. Read More
Older Youth and Permanence: A Conversation with Gina Miranda Samuels Gina Miranda Samuels, researcher and associate professor at the University of Chicago discusses ways to achieve permanence for older youth in foster care. Read More
Lifelong Families Model Shows Early Success Read about the Broncheros, a family who thrived using Casey’s Lifelong Families model to help children exit foster care into permanent, loving homes. Read More
Washington State Sees Big Decrease in Detention and Juvenile Crime Washington State has seen a big decrease in detention and juvenile crime. Read More
New Leadership Seeks to Re-energize Detention Reform in Baltimore New leadership at Baltimore's JDAI site aims to re-energize detention form in Baltimore. Read More
