Webinar Shows How to Develop a Preventive Child Welfare Practice Model In a recorded webinar, a child welfare leader discusses how to keep elements of a preventive practice model in mind while dealing with the challenges and immediate needs of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the webinar now. Read More
Improving Child Welfare Practice With the Power of Adolescent Brain Development Every year in America, too many young adults leave foster care without a family or the opportunities needed to succeed. Yet, child welfare professionals and caregivers can help these youth better navigate the path toward a healthy adulthood — and a new report tells how. Read More
Casebook Gaining Recognition as Game Changer in Child Welfare Technology This is the first in a four-part series about Casebook, a state-of-the-art tool to help child welfare workers track and improve results for children in their care. In this installment, learn about the inspiration for Casebook and the product's beginnings. Read More
Bringing Leah Back Home: Reunification and the Lifelong Families Model This video tells the story of Leah and how she reunified with her birth mom through services provided by the Foundation's former direct service agency. Read More
A Simulated Permanency Teaming Process: Rudy's Story This video — shown in nine chapters — is an inside look at the critical steps in the Permanency Teaming component of the Lifelong Families Model. Read More
An Adoptive Family for Andrea: Using the Lifelong Families Model This video provides an inside look at the central component of the Lifelong Families Model — Permanency Teaming — while highlighting how the team discussion addresses other core components of the model. Read More
Portraits of Permanence Highlight Why Families Matter for Kids in Foster Care This video shares the story of several young people from foster care who have achieved permanence and what it means for each of them. Read More
An Overview of the Lifelong Families Practice Model This video provides an overview of Lifelong Families, a practice model developed and tested by our former direct service agency. Read More
Foundation Announces New Human Services Frontline Practice Strategy In order to shift to a grantmaking strategy that will help hundreds of foster care and other nonprofit human services agencies adopt innovative, proven approaches to improve child welfare practices, the Annie E. Casey Foundation will discontinue providing direct services through Casey Family Services. Read More
The Lifelong Families Training Curriculum Training Manual This child welfare training manual presents a comprehensive 2-day curriculum on the Lifelong Families permanency model for social worker training. It includes agenda, assignments, presentations, handouts, daily modules with timetable and more. Read More
