Casey’s Lisa Hamilton talks with Rafael López about America’s child welfare system. Their conversation explores the system today, how it works and where it falls short. López also shares ideas aimed at transforming the system to better serve children and families in crisis.
Team decision making is a departure from traditional child welfare practice. It brings together parents, family, community members and others to assess the situation and determine how best to keep the child safe.
In 2015, nearly 112,000 kids in foster care were waiting to be adopted — and another 53,500 kids in care were adopted into a family. The KIDS COUNT Data Center shares select statistics on both groups.
When child welfare systems infuse trauma-informed care into everything they do, kids experience fewer placements and fare better in foster care, according to new Casey-funded research.
More than 240,000 children exited the foster care system in 2015, the vast majority to family, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center.
The nation’s foster care population has swelled to 428,000 children — its largest size since 2008, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center.
The Casey Foundation and FosterClub Executive Celeste Bodner teamed up for a Twitter chat on foster parenting. This post offers an inspiring snapshot of the conversation that unfolded during the session.
By the time U.S. kids reach adulthood, 37% have crossed paths with Child Protective Services as potential victims of maltreatment, according to a new study pubilshed in the American Journal of Public Health.
A Casey-supported report from the Building Bridges Initiative and Association of Children’s Residential Centers outlines specific questions for judges, lawyers and other professionals in the child welfare and juvenile justice fields to consider before assigning youth to a residential treatment facility.
The Casey Foundation is launching a monthly Twitter chat series to explore foster parenting and how to ensure all children and youth receive the developmentally appropriate care they need. Kim Stevens with the North American Council on Adoptable Children will kick off the series on February 14, 2016.
