Lifelong Families Series

This series, which spans videos, training materials, case studies and more, focused on a foster care practice model called Lifelong Families. Developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and designed for private child welfare agencies, the Lifelong Families model aims to help kids — especially older kids — exit foster care to a permanent family. Explore the Lifelong Families collection.

Achieving Permanency Through Reunification Training

The Permanency Continuum Series, Lifelong Families Model

This 2-day child welfare training focuses specifically on deepening social worker skills for reuniting kids in foster care with their birth families when that option is in the best interest of the kids.

Lifelong Families and Replication Manual Trainings: Train the Trainers

Training Manual

This complete 2-day training program prepares future trainers to teach the child welfare Lifelong Families practice model and the Replication Manual training.

Achieving Permanency Through Adoption

The Permanency Continuum Series

This complete 2-day training guide for social workers focuses specifically on achieving and sustaining permanency for children and youth in foster care through adoption.

The LIfelong Families Model: Implementation Manual

Training Manual

The Lifelong Families model readies youth in foster care for permanent families. This manual details the social worker/family team planning and execution needed to ensure permanent connections have a chance to flourish.

Casey Family Services Lifelong Families Logic Model

This logic model outlines the assumptions, components and expected outcomes of the Lifelong Families practice model for moving kids from foster care to permanency placement.

Lifelong Families Reunification Case Study

Rudy

A case study to illustrate how Lifelong Families – a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s former direct service agency – helped advance permanency outcomes for older youth in treatment foster care. This case study highlights how Rudy achieved permanence through reunification with his birth family.

Lifelong Families Guardianship Case Study

Mealea

This is part of a set of case studies which illustrate how Lifelong Families – a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s former direct service agency – helped advance permanency outcomes for older youth in treatment foster care. This case study highlights how Mealea achieved permanence through guardianship.

Lifelong Families Adoption Case Study

Wanda

A set of case studies illustrate how Lifelong Families – a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s direct service agency – helped advance permanency outcomes for older youth in treatment foster care. This case study highlights how Wanda achieved permanence through adoption.

Families Like Yours

2008-2009 Recruitment Initiative of Casey Family Services

This resource includes four separate documents outlining the conceptual framework for the recruitment initiative as well as the implementation and tracking of a nine-strategy plan to recruit foster and adoptive parents who matched the needs of youth in treatment foster care at Casey Family Services, the Foundation's former direct services agency. It includes an overall review of the recruitment practices, as well as forms and tools for setting agency recruitment goals concurrently with implementation of the agency’s Lifelong Families practice model. This model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for those in care, especially older youth in treatment foster care.

For Every Kid, A Forever Family

This brochure provides an overview of Lifelong Families, a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s former direct service agency, Casey Family Services. The document highlights the values, principle components and benefits of the model, as well as early successes at improving the outcomes for children and youth in foster care. This model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes especially for older youth in treatment foster care.

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