Implementing Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care (TST-FC) A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies The TST-FC training helps foster parents support healing. This guide offers tools, tips and posters for agencies adding it to their in-service trainings. Read More
Transformational Relationships for Youth Success This brief shares insights from 80+ interviews on how strong relationships impact youth and how systems can better support those vital connections. Read More
What’s the Return on Investment? Using Placement Analysis to Measure Child Welfare Costs This brief introduces placement day analysis to help leaders assess the financial impact of reducing child welfare placements and guide future investments. Read More
Quality Case Planning with Young Adults in Extended Foster Care This brief outlines key elements of quality case planning for older youth and urges a shift toward early, youth-led, and innovative planning approaches. Read More
Climbing the Ladder of Reading Proficiency The First Two Years of Atlanta’s Dunbar Learning Complex This report shows how the Dunbar Learning Complex aimed to change the lives of kids in poverty — and its impact two years later on families involved. Read More
An Integrated Approach to Fostering Family Economic Success How Three Model Sites are Implementing the Center for Working Families Approach This report delves into three successful programs, showing how they adopted the CWF approach in response to local circumstances and opportunities. Read More
Fixing a Broken System Transforming Maine's Child Welfare system The Casey Foundation helped Maine refocus child welfare, leading to a 77% drop in residential placements and a 28% rise in kin placements over five years. Read More
Collaborating for Successful Reentry A Practical Guide to Support Justice-Involved Young People Returning to the Community This guide helps justice and social service pros support youth reentering after custody through collaborative, community-based strategies. Read More
Reports on America Children in Immigrant Families Chart New Path Most of the 16 million kids in immigrant families are U.S. citizens. Their well-being depends on parents’ origin, education and migration circumstances. Read More
KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Preventing Low Birthweight This brief outlines five strategies for reducing the rate of low birthweight babies. Read More
