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.
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For low-income families, the pathway to homeownership often falls outside the bounds of the formal mortgage system. A new report sheds light on these informal markets in Baltimore and how they often disadvantage buyers and exacerbate racial inequities.
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.
A pair of briefs use Child Trends survey data to examine trends in child welfare financing nationwide.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is hosting a webinar on July 22, 2020 to debut a Foundation tool and guide for child welfare leaders to plan their fiscal approaches to implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act.
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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.
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The Casey Foundation has funded the development of the CCWIS Model RFP, a tool kit designed to help child welfare leaders streamline their procurement processes to emphasize program and policy objectives — and prioritize outcomes for kids and families.
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.
