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Child Welfare

Ensuring that children grow up in families and get the help they need to heal, build lasting family relationships and reach their full potential.

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Our Work in Child Welfare

Developing child welfare practices that work

Supporting innovation

Several new tools allow agencies to measure child well-being. Caseworkers, administrators and IT staff can track and share information using Casebook, a powerful web-based tool developed to modernize agency procedures. What’s the best way to match kids to providers who can help? A tool being tested by the Institute for Child Outcomes is designed to do just that.

Improving opportunities for young people leaving foster care

Each year, more than 23,000 teens age out of foster care, often with no connection to their families. The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative helps young people in 15 states build family connections and access job, health care, housing and other resources.

Partnering to improve child welfare policies at the local, state and federal levels

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Related Past Initiatives

Casey Family Services

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Casey Family Services connected children in foster care to permanent families and shared key child welfare research, tools and resources for 36 years.

Family to Family

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Family to Family improved child welfare by boosting family involvement. Its legacy continues through the widely used Team Decision Making model. Read more.

School-to-Career Partnership

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UPS and Casey launched a program to help foster youth transition to independence, now expanded nationwide through partnerships with employers and agencies.

Human Services Workforce Initiative

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This initiative tackled the need for qualified child welfare workers. In 2005, Cornerstone Consulting Group took over, launching Cornerstones for Kids.

Urban Children's Mental Health

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Launched in 1992, this seven-year initiative created family-centered mental health services in four urban areas, with supports in schools and communities.

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