The East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative A Case Study of Responsible Redevelopment This report outlines the goals, strategies and progress of the East Baltimore, Maryland, Revitalization Initiative. Read More
Implementing ARC Reflections for Foster Parents A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies ARC Reflections is a training curriculum to develop foster parents and caregivers’ understanding of traumatic stress, increase their own emotional regulation and provide tools to support their parenting skills. This implementation guide serves as a primer for child welfare agencies interested in installing the curriculum within their existing in-service foster care training program. Read More
The 2005 KIDS COUNT Data Book This KIDS COUNT Data Book provides a state-by-state statistical portrait of the educational, health, and economic conditions of American children. The essay examines four employment barriers that policymakers and others consider among the most difficult to overcome: substance abuse, domestic violence, a history of incarceration and depression. Read More
Child and Youth Emergency Mental Health Care A National Problem What happens when kids visit hospital emergency rooms for behavioral health concerns? Spoiler alert: The results aren’t pretty. This report spells out exactly how America’s emergency departments are failing young behavioral health patients — and outlines a 10-part, policy-driven prescription for change. Read More
Serving Immigrant Families Through Two-Generation Programs Identifying Family Needs and Responsive Program Approaches This report shares key facts about immigrant parents with young children and examines 11 programs that have successfully served immigrant and refugee families using a two-generation approach. Readers will learn about the difficulties these programs face, what they are doing well, and what policymakers and community stakeholders need to know to support this vulnerable — and growing — demographic. Read More
Casey Family Services Lifelong Families Logic Model This logic model outlines the assumptions, components and expected outcomes of the Lifelong Families practice model for moving kids from foster care to permanency placement. Read More
The Reproductive Health of African American Adolescents What We Know and What We Don't Know This report, the product of a literature review, synthesizes more than two decades of research on black teens and sex. It aims to explain why reproductive health measures for black teens have recently changed and identifies what we know — and still need to know — about this very important topic. Read More
Transition Planning with Adolescents A Review of Principles and Practices Across Systems This paper addresses the need for improved transition planning with adolescents getting ready to leave foster care and strike out on their own. Its focus is not on the event, but the physical, emotional, developmental and psychological process the youth encounters and how agencies can help. Read More
Beyond Detention System Transformation Through Juvenile Detention Reform Beyond Detention is the 14th report in a series about a multiyear, multisite project conducted by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Called the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), the project aimed to do just what its name suggests: Identify more effective, efficient alternatives to juvenile detention. This entry, written eight years after its series counterparts, highlights how three model sites moved beyond their core reform efforts — and a focus on detention — to make broader improvements in the juvenile justice system. Read More
A Model for Collaboration and Results How Cross-Agency Collaboration Helped Hampton, VA This success story describes how the child-serving agencies of Hampton, Virginia, collaborated to achieve better outcomes for children and families. By emphasizing prevention and building a smart array of services and supports, more of Hampton’s children now live safely with their families, reducing the need for child welfare or juvenile justice group placements. Read More