Back on Track Transforming Virginia's Child Welfare System A collaboration between the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Commonwealth of Virginia decreased the number of children in foster care and reduced the state’s overreliance on congregate care. This case study describes the effort that successfully introduced a family-centered child welfare practice model, increased both permanency rates and access to community-based care, and reduced overall spending. Read More
Barriers and Promising Approaches to Workforce and Youth Development for Young Offenders The document provides information about serving young offenders, including the focus of the juvenile justice system and how youth development approaches are useful in working with this population. It includes examples of promising programs and policies targeting court-involved youth. Read More
The Foster Parent Resource Guide TST-FC: A Trauma-Informed Caregiving Approach This guide, part of the Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Children training curriculum, serves as a foster parent's go-to resource on caring for children whose lives have been impacted by trauma. Caregivers can use to this booklet to extend their learning, access tips and tools, and revisit important strategies designed to help these children heal. Read More
The Story of Family to Family The Early Years 1992-2006 An Initiative to Improve Child Welfare Systems This document explains why and how the Casey Foundation set out to improve child welfare systems and practices across the country and what the Foundation learned in the process. Read More
Residents Engaged in Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods This report offers strategies for connecting residents and families living in isolated urban neighborhoods to social networks, services, supports, assets, jobs and opportunities through collective action to improve their communities. Read More
Kinship Care: Supporting Those Who Raise Our Children Elders as Resources Intergenerational Strategies Series This report presents the background on kinship care and the challenges facing kinship caregivers. Read More
Recruitment, Training, and Support: The Essential Tools of Foster Care Family to Family Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care This practice guide explains family-centered foster care and shows how foster families can be recruited, trained, supported and retained to insure the best outcome for the child. Read More
Laying the Groundwork for Collective Impact: A Working Paper Early-Stage Advice for Multisector Collaborations This paper summarizes the literature and provides start-up advice for aligning public, private and philanthropic resources interested in “collective impact” when making community-wide changes for kids and families. Read More
Educating English Language Learners: Understanding and Using Assessment This guide, originally for charter schools, prepares schools to better assess the effectiveness of their English Language Learners (ELL) program and increase educators’ awareness of tools, instruments and relevant resources. Read More
I Know Where I'm Going, Part Two But Will My Cash Keep Up? This workbook, part of a 2-book set, is designed to stimulate conversations with foster children, ages 12 to 15, about investing money, being a savvy shopper and using a credit card. Read More
