Undercounted, Underserved Immigrant and Refugee Families in the Child Welfare System This report focuses on the needs of immigrant and refugee children in the child welfare system. Read More
Supporting Unlicensed Kinship Caregivers Part Two of Family Ties: Analysis From a State-By-State Survey of Kinship Care Policies Unlicensed kinship caregivers are often ineligible for financial assistance. Learn how some states may soon help them qualify for vital resources. Read More
A Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime Relational Permanence Among Young Adults with Foster Care Backgrounds This study explores the stories and support systems of 29 individuals who recently exited foster care. Readers will learn how these participants feel about family, what their adult relationships look like and what supports they want, and need, as they navigate life after foster care. Read More
Nonprofit Executive Leadership and Transitions Survey This nonprofit leadership transition study reports demographic, geographic, executive management and career plan information from a survey of over 2,200 U.S. nonprofit leaders. Read More
Extending Foster Care to Age 21 Weighing the Costs to Government Against the Benefits to Youth This report offers policymakers a clear and compelling case for supporting foster care youth beyond age 18. It analyzes the outcomes of former foster care kids in 3 states to estimate the costs — and lifelong benefits — of extending the foster care finish line in America. Read More
Big Ideas for Job Creation A Policy Brief Highlighting Job Creating Initiatives This report summarizes the work of Big Ideas for Job Creation, a project of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley, which tapped into the innovative thinking of leading experts across the nation to develop job creation proposals. Read More
Families as Primary Partners in their Child’s Development and School Readiness This tool kit aims to help communities partner with parents to enhance child development and school readiness. Its two-part approach involves: 1) developing parents as their child’s first teacher; and 2) engaging parents as decision makers and leaders. Read More
Strategies to Address Trauma Facilitator’s Guide for Module Two of TST-FC The Annie E. Casey Foundation has developed a series of facilitator guides dedicated to teaching caregivers about Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care. This guide, devoted to module two, reviews strategies that caregivers can use to help promote healing in children with trauma histories. Read More
Next Shift Beyond the Nonprofit Leadership Crisis In this monograph, the authors counter a variety of proposed interventions from infrastructure organizations and present an alternate to the current crisis framework. The authors posit that by applying a crisis framework to the transitional trends in the non-profit sector, leadership ignores the rich opportunities that lay ahead. Read More
A Framework For Learning And Results In Community Change Initiatives Imagine. Act. Believe This report outlines a learning while doing approach implemented by the Casey Foundation during Making Connections to evaluating community change work that is based on the premise that those who are most affected by change must lead the work. Read More