Five Steps to a Stronger Child Welfare Workforce Hiring and Retaining the Right People on the Frontline Drawing on lessons learned from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s multiyear effort in child protection workforce development, this publication outlines a five-step process that child welfare agency leaders can use to build and maintain a strong, stable frontline workforce. Read More
Data on Children in Foster Care From the Census Bureau A Working Paper This paper utilizes census data to identify key and defining characteristics of households raising kids in foster care. Read more on the research. Read More
Making Results Count Influencing Organizations to Achieve Population Results Through the Casey Children and Family Fellowship This report shares results from an evaluation of Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Children and Family Fellowship, which is an intensive leadership program that helps social sector executives transform the way their organizations work on behalf of children in low-income communities. Read More
Advancing Two-Generation Approaches Integrating Data to Support Families This report focuses on the benefits and challenges of building an integrated data system to support two-generation programming. It outlines field-tested strategies for tracking and sharing data on children and parents, with an end goal of enabling organizations to gain a fuller, sharper picture of the families they serve. Read More
Variations in the Use of Kinship Diversion Among Child Welfare Agencies This brief shares insights and opinions on the use of kinship diversion as a preventative practice in child welfare. Its findings stem from four main sources: field work, stakeholder interviews, administrative data reviews and a digital survey tool. Read More
Peer Influence on Sexual Behavior What We Know About African American Teens Researchers are studying the bond between peers to better understand sexual behavior in black teens. This report reviews what we know — and all that we still don’t know — about the intersection of black youth, their friends and sex. Read More
What Works? A Study of Effective Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Programs This study provides data-driven guidance for developing and implementing early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) programs for the increasing number of very young children manifesting behavior problems. Read More
I Know Where I'm Going, Part One But Will My Cash Keep Up This guide, written for teenagers in foster care, provides the knowledge and skills necessary to be financially savvy and able to save for your future. Read More
Stepping Up, Staying Engaged Succession Planning and Executive Transition Management for Nonprofit Boards of Directors This publication focuses particularly on board leaders. It provides a set of practical perspectives, hands-on tools, brief case studies and useful resources to help board chairs, officers, and members take a proactive approach to preparing their organizations for a transition. Read More
Introduction to Family Strengthening The State of Family Well-Being, Policy Brief #1 This paper describes an innovative way of looking at helping families in poverty and how this new "strengthening" ideal can affect public policy in the future. Read More