Court practice can shape how the child welfare system implements key provisions of the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act by establishing standards and expectations.
Through the Jim Casey Initiative's nearly 15 years of experience in authentic youth engagement, Casey has identified three core values and guiding principles that enable us — and any organization or individual working with young people — to develop successful partnerships between young people and adults.
Under a new U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program, many young people transitioning from foster care could receive help with housing. The federal effort is designed to address the troubling trend of homelessness among this population.
In a Jim Casey Initiative report, young people from foster care provide recommendations for state child welfare agencies and policymakers that should help these youth achieve normalcy while in foster care.
Annie E. Casey President and CEO Patrick McCarthy recently told a White House audience that one law has taken a critical step in enhancing the lives of children and youth in foster care. Its promise? A sense of normalcy for foster kids and foster parents.
Today, the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative becomes a unit of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
A new resource guide on adolescent development is available ahead of a White House meeting on providing normalizing experiences for youth in foster care.
When young people come into the care of the child welfare system and cannot live with their own parents, the next best thing a caseworker can do is to find a loving relative or close friend who can keep the child close to home in every sense. Washington, D.C.’s Child and Family Services Agency has made finding kin a top priority, creating a rapid turnaround process to make it as easy as possible for kin to take on the responsibility of caring for a young person.
Research shows that families are essential to a child’s healthy development. Additionally, federal law requires that children removed from their homes are placed in the least restrictive setting possible — the setting most like a family. Yet a recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report found that 4 out of 10 children in group placements had no reason warrenting such a restrictive setting.
An analysis of 2013 data on the placements of children from birth through age 20 showed that the percentages living in group placements ranged from 4% to 35%. Five states that have kept family placements high and group placements low.
