Key Funding Streams to Keep Families Supported, Connected and Safe This brief looks at federal funding streams and the communities that use them to support families and children at risk of entering the child welfare system and foster care. Read it now. Read More
Reducing Racial Disparities in Juvenile Detention This report explores racial disparities in juvenile confinement and outlines how we can create a fairer juvenile justice system for today’s minority youth. Read More
Data on Children in Foster Care From the Census Bureau A Working Paper This paper utilizes census data to identify key and defining characteristics of households raising kids in foster care. Read more on the research. Read More
Funding to Help Children and Parents Succeed This brief shares the funding sources and strategies of six organizations and partnerships pursuing two-generation approaches. Read More
Understanding the Basics Core Concepts and Terms This guide introduces concepts and terms that are relevant to advancing equity and inclusion. It is part of the Equity Conversation Guides For Young Leaders and Partners series that aims to help leaders engage young people in conversations about dismantling racism in child-serving systems and ultimately partner with these youth to advance equity and inclusion solutions. Read More
The Effects of Training for Adoption Competency on Clinical Services With Adoptive Families Executive Summary This study examines the effectiveness and quality of an adoption-specific training model called Training for Adoption Competency. Findings indicate that them model enhances clinical practice as it relates to adoptive families, adopted youth and birth parents. Read More
The Connecticut Turnaround Case Study This report summarizes how Connecticut has made substantial progress in 5 years turning around its troubled child welfare agency. Partnering with the Casey Foundation and others, the state has instituted improvements, driven down the number of kids removed from homes and ensured that children entering state custody live in families whenever possible, not in group placements. Read More
Serving Youth Remotely Strategies for Practitioners This resource guide shares ways that organizations are delivering education, training, employment and mental health services to young people. It also singles out efforts aimed at helping all youth access and benefit from remote services. Read it now. Read More
Timely Justice: Improving JDAI Results Through Case Processing Reforms A Guide to Juvenile Detention Reform #12 This JDAI practice guide offers practical steps that all juvenile justice systems can take to implement case processing reforms as a means for safely and equitably reducing the use of juvenile detention. Read More
Success Beyond 18: A Better Path for Young People Transitioning from Foster Care to Adulthood This report outlines how we can transform our foster care system — and effectively advance policies and practices — to help young adults who are transitioning out of foster care. More specifically: It calls for extending care options to age 21, offering youth developmentally-appropriate services and supports and engaging adolescents in forging their path to adulthood. Read More
