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Webinar Shows How to Develop a Preventive Child Welfare Practice Model
In this webinar, a child welfare leader talks about keeping elements of a preventive practice model in mind while dealing with COVID-19. Watch now.
Casey Family Services, a Foundation-sponsored private agency, provided child welfare services in New England and Baltimore. During its 36-year history, the agency developed the Lifelong Families practice model to connect children in foster care to enduring families. The Foundation continues to make available its research, videos, publications and other information related to foster care.
In this webinar, a child welfare leader talks about keeping elements of a preventive practice model in mind while dealing with COVID-19. Watch now.
Too many young adults leave foster care without the opportunities needed to succeed. A new report shows how caregivers can help these young people thrive.
This is the first in a four-part series about Casebook, a state-of-the-art tool to help child welfare workers track and improve results for children in their care. In this installment, learn about the inspiration for Casebook and the product's beginnings.
This video tells the story of Leah and how she reunified with her birth mom through services provided by the Foundation's former direct service agency.
This video — shown in nine chapters — is an inside look at the critical steps in the Permanency Teaming component of the Lifelong Families Model.
This video gives an inside look at the Lifelong Families Model, Permanency Teaming, and shows how team discussion helps other core components of the model.
This video shares the story of several young people from foster care who have achieved permanence and what it means for each of them.
This video provides an overview of Lifelong Families, a practice model developed and tested by our former direct service agency.
The Casey Foundation will shift to grantmaking and discontinue direct services to help agencies adopt proven child welfare practices. Learn more.
Practice Guide
This child welfare training manual presents a comprehensive 2-day curriculum on the Lifelong Families permanency model for social worker training. It includes agenda, assignments, presentations, handouts, daily modules with timetable and more.