Casey Family Programs will achieve its 2020 strategy through commitment in three primary areas:
- Direct Practice
- Strategic consulting
- Public policy
Casey provides the highest quality of innovative service to the child welfare system and communities across the entire country. We share expertise and knowledge of what works best, and provide policymakers with nonpartisan research and data for cost effective policy solutions.
Reduction and reinvestment
Casey believes that proactive service ultimately saves U.S. taxpayer money. Governments can reinvest what they save into programs and services that help families stay together. To effectively serve children and families, all United States child welfare systems need to enact The Eight Components of Change:
- Build political will
- Develop leadership
- Provide quality front-line supervision
- Set reasonable caseloads
- Engage community
- Collaborate across systems
- Enforce data-driven accountability
- Allow time
Improving the path to self-sufficiency
Casey is committed to helping foster youth achieve a degree of self-sufficiency and stability more in line with all Americans. We target three areas:
Education
- Improve success in early childhood education for all children in care.
- Increase the high school graduation rate for youth in care.
- Increase the number of youth who earn two- and four-year vocational or college degrees.
Employment
- Increase employment experiences for youth in foster careand for those who have transitioned out of care.
- Combine traditional employment and training programs with support services such as counseling, mentoring and peer support, childcare, and transportation assistance.
Mental Health
- Increase access to mental health services for youth while they are in foster care.
- Increase the age range of eligibility for health insurance coverage to age 25 (or, at a minimum, to age 21) for alumni of foster care.
- Decrease the incidence of mental health disorders among youth in foster care.
View our 2020 Video to learn more.