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…, data and policy practices that make it easier for children to live with kin caregivers. Learn what can ... care whose parents are incarcerated. ... It can be tough to become an adult, especially if you’ve been in foster care. Learn how ... Improving opportunities for young people leaving foster care
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…, frequent moves and lack of access to resources — good schools, medical care, safe outdoor spaces ... High-quality early child care and education are key to healthy development but out of reach for too
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…the impact of policies and practices on the well-being of young people who are aging out of foster care
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…safe and humane care to youth in their custody.
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…and having access to programs and services for child health care, food, income supplements and other
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…and agency officials can connect children to quality education and health care, parents to economic
…of 2008. It also highlights how states and localities can dial back costly congregate care in favor ... Find out how New York City, Virginia and Maine have worked to reduce costly congregate care ... If we reduce the population of children in foster care by as little as 5%, we can free up
…extended foster care in their state. It is a product of Success Beyond 18, a national campaign by the Jim ... are transitioning from foster care to adulthood. ... What states must do, per federal requirements, when extending foster care services. ... Policy excerpts that tell how states are addressing key issues related to extended care.
…of the kinship care system: Identifying kin, approving kin, and supporting kin. ... to Improving Practice in Kinship Care. The overview is intended to educate decision makers in public ... kinship care practices. ... The barriers to providing kinship care.
…This guide identifies several types of data that an agency seeking to understand their kinship care ... living with kin as a result of child welfare intervention ... Through efforts to help several jurisdictions improve kinship care, the Annie E. Casey Foundation ... their kinship care system should collect.
