Child Welfare Strategy Group
Practice and policy experts work with public systems to improve outcomes for children involved with child welfare systems.
Practice and policy experts work with public systems to improve outcomes for children involved with child welfare systems.
A group of child advocacy and research organizations representing every state and using data to promote smart policies on issues ranging from child welfare and juvenile justice to education and economic opportunity.
Blog Post
Learn about "Love Notes," a YouthBuild program supported by Casey to help steer young adults away from unhealthy relationships before they get married or become parents.
Blog Post
In 2011, approximately 663,000 children experienced maltreatment, with younger children being included in this group at an increasing rate.
News Release
KIDS COUNT data snapshot suggests systems need an increased focus on reducing group care for children in foster care, though acknowledges progress in family-based placements.
Report
This report is a series of 50 state-specific papers providing information about the status of immigrant families in each state.
Report
This report, released as a follow-up to No Place for Kids, introduces new evidence on the widespread maltreatment of youth in state-funded juvenile corrections facilities. It tells of high rates of sexual victimization, the heavy-handed use of disciplinary isolation and a growing roster of states where confined youth have been subject to widespread abuse. The four-year update is in — and the news is not good.