Equipping Young People in Foster Care to Manage Their Finances Youth who leave foster care often say lacking basic knowledge about finances is a major hurdle they encounter as they transition to adulthood. A new federal requirement calls for child welfare agencies to order annual credit reports for all youth in foster care, which has created a unique set of challenges for agencies with little knowledge of credit issues. A number of resources are available to help agencies implement the requirement and build the knowledge and skills of all youth and young adults in foster care so they can successfully manage their finances. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Allison Gerber on the Value of Apprenticeships Senior Associate Allison Gerber discusses the role of apprenticeships in Casey's strategies for connecting people to jobs. Read More
Atlanta's Sheltering Arms Leads Project to Expand Use of Two-Generation Strategies in Three States A new three-year project funded by the Buffett Early Childhood Fund will support the use of strategies to create opportunites for children and their parents to succeed together at Educare schools in Arizona, Louisiana and Maine. Read More
Casey to Host White House Meeting on Normalcy for Youth in Foster Care A new resource guide on adolescent development is available ahead of a White House meeting on providing normalizing experiences for youth in foster care. Read More
We are One Baltimore Baltimore's Mayor has announced the creation of One Baltimore as a comprehensive public-private initiative to support opportunities for the city’s children, families and neighborhoods. One Baltimore will focus on areas the Casey Foundation knows are critical to the long-term success of this community and its citizens. Read More
In Their Best Interest: Placing Kids in Families From the Start Research shows that families are essential to a child’s healthy development. Additionally, federal law requires that children removed from their homes are placed in the least restrictive setting possible — the setting most like a family. Yet a recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report found that 4 out of 10 children in group placements had no reason warrenting such a restrictive setting. Read More
Every Kid Needs a Family: Putting Kin First in Washington, D.C. When young people come into the care of the child welfare system and cannot live with their own parents, the next best thing a caseworker can do is to find a loving relative or close friend who can keep the child close to home in every sense. Washington, D.C.’s Child and Family Services Agency has made finding kin a top priority, creating a rapid turnaround process to make it as easy as possible for kin to take on the responsibility of caring for a young person. Read More
Five Top States for Placing Children in Child Welfare in Families An analysis of 2013 data on the placements of children from birth through age 20 showed that the percentages living in group placements ranged from 4% to 35%. Five states that have kept family placements high and group placements low. Read More
Five Questions with Casey: Rob Geen and the Importance of Family In this "Five Questions" edition, Geen discusses findings from the KIDS COUNT Policy Report, Every Kid Needs a Family, about the importance of connecting children in foster care with families. Read More
The Orphanage Evolves: Providers Shift to Put More Kids in Families Today, private providers of residential placements based on the ophanage model are now moving to serve more young people in families. Learn now long-time providers in New York and California are adjusting thier services to better connect kids in child welfare with families. Read More
