Reducing Overreliance on Youth Incarceration A report outlines alternatives to incarceration for youth with serious histories of offending. Learn about the options. Read More
A Wealth of Research and Data During National Foster Care Month During National Foster Care Month, the Casey Foundation has compiled a roundup of child welfare resources. Read More
An Overview of the Lifelong Families Practice Model This video provides an overview of Lifelong Families, a practice model developed and tested by our former direct service agency. Read More
Helping Students in Foster Care Stay in School Despite progress, Casey still advocates for school stability, as frequent moves hurt achievement. Foster children deserve better. Read More
Too Many Kids in U.S. Child Welfare Systems Not Living in Families On any given night, about 57,000 children under the care of our nation’s child welfare systems are going to bed without the care and comfort of a family. In its latest KIDS COUNT policy report, Every Kid Needs a Family: Giving Children in the Child Welfare System the Best Chance for Success, the Foundation highlights this and other sobering statistics that point to the urgent need to ensure, through sound policies and proven practices, that everything possible is being done to find loving, nurturing and supported families to help raise more of these children. Read More
How To: Creating a Kin-First Culture in Child Welfare Thanks to a new how-to guide on on kinship care, child welfare practitioners can get step-by-step guidance on how to ensure more children are placed with relatives when their parents cannot care for them. Read More
Using Results Count to Realize the Promise of Equity for All Learn how PolicyLink leverages Results Count's data-driven approach to advance equity. Read More
Legal Considerations for Successful Youth Diversion Programs A tool kit from UCLA Law helps jurisdictions address legal issues when implementing youth diversion programs. Download it today. Read More
Jim Casey Fellows Names Newest Cohort of Young Leaders The Casey Foundation has named nine new Jim Casey Fellows, who are committed to improving outcomes for their peers in child welfare systems. Read More
Leadership Development Program Announces First Class of Child Health Advocates The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies are pleased to announce the first class selected to participate in the Children’s Health Leadership Network, a rigorous results-based leadership development initiative. The 16 participants, drawn from 14 states, reflect a rich cross section of innovative public health administrators, policy analysts, program directors and nonprofit child advocates. Read More
