Building Bridges for Child Welfare with Families, Neighborhoods, Communities Family to Family This brief highlights Casey’s Family to Family initiative, detailing the strategy and success of its neighborhood-based, family-centered child welfare model. 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
Promoting and Sustaining Detention Reforms Lessons from a Casey-led project on launching juvenile detention reform — what worked, what didn’t and how to build better alternatives through JDAI. Read More
Nurture for Their Future The Importance of Strengthening Young Children’s Relationships with Parents and Caregivers This report shows how Illinois can strengthen caregiver-child bonds and outlines actions to support young children’s healthy development. Read More
Broken Bonds Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Children with Incarcerated Parents Recent research shows parents in prison impact child outcomes. This review shares data and offers recommendations for policy and service delivery. Read More
The Effects of State EITC Expansion on Children's Health This brief examines the impact of state-level Earned Income Tax Credits on specific health-related outcomes for children. Read More
Reconnecting Child Development and Child Welfare Evolving Perspectives on Residential Placement This report explores the idea that kids need a sense of belonging to a family and the consequences when they are taken out of the home for safety concerns. Read More
Partnerships Between Corrections and Child Welfare Collaboration for Change, Part Two This guide shows how the criminal justice and child welfare systems can work together to improve and strengthen family and community bonds. Read More
Casey Connects: Summer 2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book Urges Support for Family-Based Child Care This Casey Connects issue highlights 2006 KIDS COUNT findings on improving family, friend and neighbor care through data and promising programs. Read More
Center for Working Families EarnBenefits Evaluation/Learning Paper This paper explores Casey’s CWF initiative and Seedco’s test of integrated services to boost economic self-sufficiency for low-income families. Read More
