The COVID-19 pandemic is undermining child welfare systems’ efforts to foster stability and support. Now agencies can consider a temporary raise in foster parent rates. Learn more about calculating a temporary rate for foster parents.
A new infographic from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative shows the high cost of doing nothing about our federal financing system for child welfare.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is hosting a webinar on July 22, 2020 to debut a Foundation tool and guide for child welfare leaders to plan their fiscal approaches to implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act.
The Casey Foundation and the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative offer recommendations that would transform federal funding for child welfare systems to support better outcomes for kids and families while maintaining the existing overall funding level.
The Family First Prevention Services Act introduced pathways to ensure that young people involved with the child welfare system are able to grow up in safe, stable and secure families — including kin placements — that support their long-term well-being. Find resources related to kin placements.
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This handout summarizes policy recommendations for realigning federal child welfare financing to support best practices in four key areas.
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Child Trends reviews the Casey Foundation's proposal to reform child welfare financing, and our recommendations are found to be sound.
The Casey Foundation recently contributed to a special issue of the Child Welfare League of America's Child Welfare Journal focused on young people in foster care who are gay or lesbian.
The federal Administration for Children and Families is now accepting applications — through July 20, 2018 — for the first of two funding opportunities aimed at helping state child welfare agencies strengthen and evaluate existing kinship navigator programs or develop new ones. A new Q & A shares data and background so that jurisdictions are prepared to benefit from this chance to help children thrive in kin families.
Listen to a recent webinar from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative on improving permanency outcomes for older youth. Register for the final webinar in our six-part series, Leveraging the Strengthening Families Act, taking place September 29, 2016.
