The Annie E. Casey and William T. Grant foundations are hosting a Nov. 13 webinar on three key fiscal elements that child welfare leaders should understand to use the Family First Prevention Services Act to better serve children and families.
A new infographic from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative shows the high cost of doing nothing about our federal financing system for child welfare.
The COVID-19 pandemic is undermining child welfare systems’ efforts to foster stability and support. Now agencies can consider a temporary raise in foster parent rates. Learn more about calculating a temporary rate for foster parents.
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A free new curriculum, developed with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, aims to help child welfare workers and other child-serving professionals better support young people in foster care.
The Casey Foundation and the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative offer recommendations that would transform federal funding for child welfare systems to support better outcomes for kids and families while maintaining the existing overall funding level.
The Child Trends report, Child Welfare Financing SFY 2014: A Survey of Federal, State and Local Expenditures, provides timely data on state-level child welfare financing.
Families impacted by substance use and abuse now have a new resource — the Family-Based Residential Treatment Directory — to turn to for support.
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This handout summarizes policy recommendations for realigning federal child welfare financing to support best practices in four key areas.
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Fellow Felipe Franco works to support best practices for youth involved with the juvenile justice system. Read how his participation in the Casey Foundation's Children and Family Fellowship supports his work.
The 2020 census is at risk of shortchanging the nation’s official population count by more than 2 million kids younger than age 5, according to experts. It’s an error that could spur serious budgetary shortfalls that carry long-term consequences for children and families.
