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Casey Connects, Spring 2012
2012
Every child needs and deserves a permanent family whose support is unconditional. Research shows that the odds of a successful transition to adulthood are severely compromised when young people are cut off from a family environment and left to languish in group care. Focusing specifically on efforts to reduce the use of congregate care in the child welfare system, this issue of Casey Connects offers examples of how a new practice model is reducing the time kids spend in foster care; how new research on teenage brain development is promoting better policies and practices for older youth in foster care; and how jurisdictions successfully are transitioning more youth from group care to family settings.
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Casey Connects: Winter 2007
2007
This issue highlights steps being taken and markers of progress in an emerging national movement to ensure that no child grows to adulthood without a lifelong connection to a caring adult. The issue also celebrates four new organizations honored by the Casey Foundation's Families Count program.
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Child Advocacy Primer: Tips and Tools for Improving Your Child Advocacy Skills
2006
This primer is targeted at child advocates, both veterans and newcomers, who are working to make a difference in the lives of children. It is intended to be an introduction to key advocacy skills, so that those who are new to the field can refer to it in their work.
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A Family for Every Child: Strategies to Achieve Permanence for Older Foster Children and Youth
2005
Part of the Family to Family Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care series. The research highlighted in this publication identifies successful programs, policies, and strategies that have been helping older children find permanent families. This research also examines how lessons learned from effective programs and policy changes can be distilled into action steps that others can replicate.
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Permanence for Young People: Framework
2004
This paper presents a framework that can guide child welfare agencies across the country to help young people achieve and maintain permanent family relationships. It also proposes six key components of successfully identifying and supporting permanent family relationships for young people in out-of-home care.
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