Data Snapshot on High-Poverty Communities Children Living in America's High-Poverty Communities New KIDS COUNT data show a 25% rise since 2000 in children living in areas of concentrated poverty, with trends across national, state and city levels. Read More
Lifelong Families Case Practice Standards Manual Training Manual This manual shows how Casey integrated family support and permanency planning into child welfare practice, including assessment, placement and referrals. Read More
Achieving Permanency Through Guardianship Training The Permanency Continuum Series This training for social workers focuses on finding a permanent family for foster care kids through guardianship. Read More
Lifelong Families Permanency Case Practice Tools Practice tools offer surveys, questions and examples to help social workers assess and organize factors impacting foster care permanency. Learn more. Read More
Achieving Permanency Through Reunification Training The Permanency Continuum Series, Lifelong Families Model This child welfare training deepens social worker skills for reuniting kids in foster care with their families — when that option is best for the kids. Read More
Bringing Promise to Washington, D.C. The DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative Working with partners like residents, businesses and schools, this D.C. collaborative aims to keep kids healthy and in school from cradle to college. Read More
More Than a Job Final Results from the Evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Transitional Jobs Program This report reviews how the CEO program helps former prisoners boost job prospects and lower their risk of returning to jail. Read More
Lifelong Families and Replication Manual Trainings: Train the Trainers Training Manual This complete training program prepares future trainers to teach the child welfare Lifelong Families practice model and the Replication Manual training. Read More
Icebreaker Meetings A Tool for Building Relationships Between Birth and Foster Parents This Casey guide helps child welfare agencies run Icebreaker meetings and shift into “parent partner” mode, with support from online appendices. Read More
Achieving Permanency Through Adoption The Permanency Continuum Series This 2-day training guide for social workers focuses on achieving and sustaining permanency for children and youth in foster care through adoption. Read More
