Immigration and Child Welfare Fact Sheet One in five children in the U.S. comes from an immigrant family. As part of Casey's work to address the needs of children in families that are vulnerable or at risk for disruption, this fact sheet presents data on some of the challenges and opportunities that immigration currently presents for child welfare systems. Read More
Managing Emotions Guide The Managing Emotions Guide, part of the Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care curriculum, spans three quick pages and asks simple questions that children can answer in an effort to better understand and control their emotions. Read More
Championing Change A Practitioner Guide for Leading Inclusive and Equity-Infused Rapid-Cycle Learning Rapid-cycle learning involves quickly testing strategies for program improvement and prioritizing equity from the get-go. Learn how it works. Read More
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Scale-Up Study of Four States This report identifies critical success factors for four states — Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri and New Mexico — that accelerated the spread of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative® across their local jurisdictions. Read More
Using Integrated Data to Identify and Solve Housing Conditions that Harm School Readiness A Cleveland Case Study This case study tells how shared data can be used to identify educational risk factors and then develop and implement solutions for addressing them. Read More
Detention Facility Self-Assessment A Practice Guide to Juvenile Detention Reform #2 This practice guide provides extensive instructions and checklists on conducting a secure detention facility self-inspection. Read More
Money Pals, Part One Being Cool with Cash This workbook is designed to teach children in foster care, ages 8 to 11, practical skills about using money, 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
Fostering Resident Voice and Influence The Making Connections Experience With Resident Engagement and Leadership This report presents insights the Casey Foundation gained after more than a decade of working with residents to achieve better results during Making Connections, the Foundation’s signature community change effort of the 2000s. Read More
Social Networks Make a Difference Family Economic Success This report — the fourth installment in a five-part series devoted to exploring the power of social networks — opens with an examination of the role that social connections play in supporting vulnerable households and family economic success. To research this issue, Casey experts turned to networking efforts already underway in their seminal 10-site community change initiative, Making Connections. Their findings, as outlined in this publication, identify three areas where social networking strategies hold great promise in aiding America’s distressed families. These are: asset building, jobs and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Read More
