How to Fund Best Practices in Child Welfare Policy recommendations designed to transform federal funding to support best practices in child welfare were the focus of this presentation delivered by Tracey Feild and Patrick McCarthy at an October 23, 2013, briefing on Capitol Hill. Read More
Helping Young People After Natural Disasters Two tool kits — one for child welfare agencies and one for juvenile justice agencies — share evidence-informed and trauma-focused guidance that is designed to help youth thrive after disasters. Read More
The Number of Youth in Secure Detention Returns to Pre-Pandemic Levels A survey of youth justice agencies finds that the drop in youth detention that accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic has evaporated. Read More
Aiding Youth-Serving Organizations in Pursuing Racial Equity Youth-serving organizations looking to identify and address programmatic barriers that are holding back young people of color have a new resource on hand, courtesy of the research nonprofit Child Trends and a paper funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read More
CaseyCast Podcast Tackles a Silent Issue: Parental Incarceration In this episode of CaseyCast, the Foundation’s Lisa Hamilton enlists social worker Tanya Krupat to discuss the stigmas, struggles and solutions shaping the lives of kids who have experienced parental incarceration. Read More
Native American Children’s Health and Well-Being This follow-up to a previous post looks at the status of Native American children's well-being. Learn more about the persisting inequities they face. Read More
Adoptions From Foster Care In 2021, over 113,754 kids were in foster care and awaiting adoption. Get the data details on these children. Read More
Study: Team Decision Making Associated With Better Child Welfare Outcomes A multiyear evaluation by Child Trends finds that Team Decision Making helps child welfare agencies navigate difficult placement decisions while keeping kids safe. Read More
Judge William Thorne on the History and Healing of American Indian Families Lisa Hamilton interviews William Thorne Jr., a member of the Pomo and Coast Miwok Indian tribes and a retired juvenile justice judge with 34 years of experience in tribal and state courts. Their conversation explores how past federal policies have harmed American Indian children and what these communities are doing to help their own families heal. Read More
Young Women in Foster Care Likely to Delay Parenting With Financial Support for Education When young women in foster care have access to financial assistance for education, they are less likely to have first and repeat births. Read more research findings from a study published by Children and Youth Services Review. Read More