Embedding Detention Reform in State Statutes, Rules and Regulations A Guide to Juvenile Detention Reform This report helps jurisdictions align state law with JDAI goals, promoting safer detention systems and better alternatives to secure confinement. Read More
National Youth in Transition Database Lessons Learned from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative This brief highlights how NYTD helps states improve foster care outcomes, sharing lessons from a similar tool: the Opportunity Passport Participant Survey. Read More
Recent Changes in the Percent of Children Living in Single-mother Families This paper shares data on America’s changing family structure, including how the share of kids living with single moms is shrinking. Explore the data. Read More
CONNECT: Supporting Children Exposed to Domestic Violence In-Service Training for Resource Families This 55-page guide helps caregivers understand domestic violence, its impact on children and how to support healing — packed into a 3-hour training. Read More
KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the High School Dropout Rate This brief outlines five strategies for reducing the number of teens who drop out before graduating from high school. Read More
Children’s Mental Health in Virginia System Deficiencies and Unknown Outcomes This report highlights gaps in Virginia’s pediatric behavioral health system — long waits, poor services, and little focus on results for vulnerable kids. Read More
Strategic Communications Media Relations for Child Welfare This guide provides tools for developing a strategic communications program to gain media coverage and support for the Family to Family initiative. Read More
Mental Health Practice Guidelines for Child Welfare This guide offers strategies to improve behavioral health care for youth in custody, developed by experts during a 2-day Casey Foundation conference. Read More
The Need for Self-Evaluation (Summary) Using Data to Guide Policy and Practice Family to Family reinvents how data in child welfare is used by creating better structures and processes for compiling data and linking data to evaluation. Read More
ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide for Session Six Mirror, Mirror Session Six of ARC Reflections helps caregivers build tools to support youth in tough moments and strengthen their self-regulation skills. Read More
