| 2007 California Foster Youth Education Summit |
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| This report summarizes recommendations developed during the 2007 California Foster Youth Education Summit. It also includes an appendix of the policy briefs prepared before the summit. |
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| An Analysis Of Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality and Disparity at the National, State, and County Levels |
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| This report was written by Senior Researcher Robert B. Hill, Race Matters Consortium, Westat. It was published in December 2007 by the Casey-CSSP Alliance for Racial Equity in Child Welfare. |
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| Asking the Right Questions |
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| Casey Family Programs, in collaboration with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ Permanency Planning for Children Department, developed a Judicial Checklist with key educational questions to be asked from the bench. |
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| Breakthrough Series Collaborative: Implementing Differential Response in California |
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| This report details significant process enhancements arising from the application of the breakthrough series collaborative to the implementation of differential response in California. |
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| Breakthrough Series Collaborative: Recruitment and Retention of Resource Families |
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| The breakthrough series collaborative methodology shows significant promise for bridging the gaps between best practices and actual practice. This 2005 report on recruitment and retention of foster families illustrates the use of the methodology and describes successful strategies and lessons learned. |
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| BSC Report—Supporting Kinship Care |
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| This report is intended to be an easy-to-use resource for administrators and practitioners in the child welfare field who desire to learn about the successful strategies Breakthrough Series Collaborative teams developed to support kinship care. |
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| Better Together curriculum |
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| In this facilitated workshop, child welfare professionals and youth formerly in care (alumni) learn how to effectively and respectfully collaborate to improve child welfare practices and policies. |
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| Better Together resource guide |
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| Published in 2006 by Casey Family Programs, this guide to the nationwide alumni movement is for youth formerly in foster care, child welfare professionals, caregivers, and other allies. |
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| Casey Family Programs Young Adult Survey 2006 |
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| How do Casey Family Programs’ young people experience foster care? The Casey Young Adult Survey examined their quality of life in several key areas, including mental health, education, and employment. |
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| Casey Family Programs Young Adult Survey: Findings Over Three Years |
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| This study examines the experience of young people while they were in care with Casey Family Programs. It also analyzes their outcomes after leaving care. Casey's Young Adult Survey has been conducted every year between 2004 and 2006. This summary report includes combined findings for all three years of data collection. |
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| Casey Field Office Mental Health Study |
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| With assistance from Casey Family Programs' direct services offices, interviewers from the University of Michigan completed interviews with 188 adolescents in Casey care in summer and fall 2006. The survey included questions about mental health, spirituality, ethnic identity, gender identity, and sexual orientation. |
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| The Casey National Alumni Study |
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| The Casey National Alumni Study includes two reports on findings from case records and interviews of 1,087 Casey foster-care alumni who were served between 1966 and 1998. A summary of mental health outcomes, released April 6, 2005, reveals high rates of mental health disorders among alumni. “Assessing the Effects of Foster Care: Early Results from the Casey National Alumni Study” was released Nov. 12, 2003. |
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| Chafee Educational and Training Voucher (ETV) Program |
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| This publication examines how the Chafee educational and training vouchers and other state-based supports for higher education have been working for alumni from foster care. |
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| Children of Incarcerated Parents Fact Sheet |
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| Children of Incarcerated Parents Fact Sheet |
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| Children of Incarcerated Parents: Questions for Policymakers |
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| Children of Incarcerated Parents: Questions for Policymakers |
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| Commitment to Kin: Elements of a support and service system for kinship care |
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| This report brings to the forefront of social policy and practice the unique needs of kinship families and children. |
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| Court-based Education Efforts for Children in Foster Care |
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| This document chronicles educational reform efforts and offers some suggestions to other jurisdictions that want to design and implement their own reform initiatives. |
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| The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005: Implications for Children Receiving Child Welfare Services |
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| The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005: Implications for Children Receiving Child Welfare Services, outlines policy leaders’ specific concerns and recommendations for how to respond to and solve challenges in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 that relate directly to children in foster care. |
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| Effects of federal child welfare financing waivers |
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| In an effort to educate policy-makers, Casey Family Programs has undertaken an analysis of child welfare demonstration projects designed to expand state program flexibility while maintaining, but capping, the current level of program funding. |
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| Endless Dreams |
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| This video and training curriculum informs teachers about the unique educational needs of youth in foster care and offers policies, procedures, and practices that can improve educational success. |
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| Enhancing the Validity of Foster Care Follow-up Studies |
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| This article describes a set of strategies that were used to achieve higher response rates in two recent follow-up studies. |
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| Focus on Foster Care: The Breakthrough Series Collaborative |
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| Read a 4-page briefing on an innovative model of quality improvement that uses small, rapid tests of change that result in broad, sustainable system improvements in child welfare. |
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| Focus on Foster Care: Building Educational Support for Youth in Care |
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| How Casey Family Programs helps youth in care and alumni succeed in K-12 and postsecondary education and training |
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| Focus on Foster Care: Committing to Diversity and Anti-Racism |
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| Read a 4-page briefing that tells the story of Casey's increasing involvement in communities of color, and of the changes it has effected since 1975 in services to youth, tools and resources for caseworkers, and state, tribal, and federal advocacy efforts. |
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| Focus on Foster Care: Engaging Alumni of Foster Care |
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| This four-page briefing describes how Casey formalized its work with alumni in 2000, and how it has actively incorporated alumni perspectives into its work in a variety of ways. |
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| Focus on Foster Care: Family Group Decision-Making |
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| Read a 4-page briefing recapping the adoption of a family-centered approach to child welfare in Texas. For more information about this approach, download a 58-page report by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. |
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| Focus on Foster Care: Preparing for Adulthood |
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| This four-page briefing describes how Casey creates tools and resources directed to transitioning youth and to the professionals, caregivers, legislators, and advisors that directly and indirectly support these youth. |
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| Focus on Foster Care: Supporting LGBTQ Youth and Families |
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| This four-page briefing describes how Casey is raising awareness, creating cultural change, and improving services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth and families in foster care. |
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| Focus on Foster Care: Youth Employment |
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| Published in March 2007, this four-page briefing describes Casey Family Programs' commitment to helping youth and alumni of care gain employment skills. |
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| Foster Youth and Alumni Leadership Summit |
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| Sponsored by Casey Family Programs and the Washington State Supreme Court Commission on Children in Foster Care, the Foster Youth and Alumni Leadership Summit gathered together 28 youth in foster care, 18 alumni of care, and 19 allies from all of the regions across Washington State. |
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| Frequently Asked Questions I, II, and III |
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| A series of publications designed to assist child welfare professionals, advocates, and young people to use and understand the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program and the Chafee Education and Training Voucher Program |
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| Fries Avenue Elementary School | June 2007 |
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| This report identifies the strengths and needs of families and children in SPA 8. This community assessment will help partners in Casey's neighborhood based prevention initiative address needs while building upon family and community strengths. |
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| A Guide to SSI and Social Security Benefits for Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care |
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| Basic information about the eligibility and rights of children and youth in out-of-home care to receive SSI and Social Security benefits. |
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| Higher Education Reform: Incorporating the Needs of Foster Youth |
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| Published in November 2003, this 12-page report makes three recommendations for the upcoming reauthorization of the federal Higher Education Act. |
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| Hope in the Face of Adversity |
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| A report published in 2003 from Casey Family Programs' initiative to help parents strengthen families and prevent the need for foster care. |
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| The Indian Child Welfare Act: An Examination of State Compliance in Arizona |
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| An analysis of the practical impact of the 1978 federal law on Native American families and tribes. |
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| It’s My Life: A Framework for Youth Transitioning from Foster Care to Successful Adulthood |
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| A holistic approach for those who play a role in how young adults envision and achieve success in adulthood. |
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| It’s My Life: Employment |
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| Expanding on the It’s My Life transition framework, this guide to employment and career development helps child welfare professionals prepare young people for success in the workplace. It’s My Life: Employment was published in 2004 by Casey Family Programs. It is available in printed form and for download in PDF format. |
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| It’s My Life: Housing |
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| Expanding on the It’s My Life transition framework, this guide helps child welfare professionals prepare young people to find, get, and keep housing. It’s My Life: Housing was published in 2005 by Casey Family Programs. It is available in printed form and for download in PDF format. |
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| It’s My Life: Postsecondary Education and Training |
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| Based on the It’s My Life transition framework, this guide helps child welfare professionals and educators prepare young people from foster care academically, financially, and emotionally for postsecondary education and training success. Published in 2006 by Casey Family Programs, It’s My Life: Postsecondary Education and Training is available in print and as a downloadable PDF. |
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| McKinney-Vento and No Child Left Behind Acts |
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| Recommendations for the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act to improve the educational outcomes of children and youth in out-of-home care. |
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| Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care |
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| Published in 2006, this review surveys major findings gleaned from studies about the evidence base for mental health care and about related class action law suits. The review also outlines steps that will improve the mental health services delivered to children in foster care. |
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| Minimizing Placement Change |
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| This paper explores why a focus on minimizing placement change should be a vital aspect of permanency planning. |
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| Native American Children and Youth Well-Being Indicators |
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| Looking at well-being indicators for Native American children and youth from a strength-based, rather than deficit-based, perspective. |
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| Native American Kids 2002 |
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| A review of the research literature on 10 indicators of well-being for Native American children. |
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| The Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study |
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| "Improving Family Foster Care: Findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study," released April 6, 2005, details how youth who were placed in foster care are faring as adults and what changes in foster care services could improve their lives. Casey, Harvard Medical School, and the state agencies of Washington and Oregon collaborated on this study. |
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| Norwood Elementary School | April 2007 |
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| This report identifies the strengths and needs of families and children in Los Angeles County's SPA 6. This community assessment will help partners in Casey's neighborhood based prevention initiative address needs while building upon family and community strengths. |
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| Places to Watch |
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| Published in 2007, this report from the Casey-CSSP Alliance for Racial Equity in Child Welfare highlights the work of ten jurisdictions that are committed to reducing racial disproportionality and disparity in their child welfare systems. |
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| Post-Permanency Services |
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| Published in 2003, this monograph focuses on "sustaining permanency" through services to children and their families after leaving foster care for permanent homes. |
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| Protecting Children in Foster Care: Why Proposed Medicaid Cuts Harm Our Nation’s Most Vulnerable Youth |
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| Released October 17, 2005, this report demonstrates that proposed changes to Medicaid being considered by Congress significantly threaten the health and well-being of children and youth in foster care. Download a two-page summary or the full report; read the stories of four former foster youth who accessed Medicaid. |
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| Racial Disproportionality, Race Disparity, and Other Race-Related Findings in Published Works Derived from NSCAW |
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| This paper was published in January 2008 by the Casey-CSSP Alliance for Racial Equity in Child Welfare. It draws on studies of data gathered during the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) to examine child welfare in the context of race and ethnicity. |
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| A Road Map for Learning: Improving Educational Outcomes in Foster Care |
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| A Road Map for Learning is a guide for everyone working towards successful educational outcomes for youth in foster care or out-of-home care. The guide was published in 2004 by Casey Family Programs, and is available as a 136-page book or as a downloadable PDF file. |
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| Supporting Success: Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Students from Foster Care |
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| This framework provides program development tools for college counselors, administrators, professors, and staff. It helps education professionals define a plan for improving their institution’s support for students from foster care. |
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| Synthesis of Research on Disproportionality in Child Welfare |
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| More than half of the 500,000 children in foster care on any day in America come from ethnic minority families even though children from minority communities make up less than half the children in this country. Why are so many children of color in the child welfare system? This paper is an extensive study of the research available on this topic. |
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| Texas Leadership Chronicle |
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| The Texas Department of Family & Protective Services’ Child Protective Services has been working with Casey to significantly shift its internal culture to one defined by family-focused practice. This is evidenced by increased cultural competence as well as family-centered practice improvements. |
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| Unsuccessful In-Home Child Welfare Service Plans Following a Maltreatment Investigation: Racial and Ethnic Differences |
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| Many child welfare professionals are familiar with racial disproportionality, the overrepresentation of children of color in the child welfare system. Based on recent NSCAW data, this study examines disproportionality in children remaining in the home following a maltreatment investigation—an understudied but high-risk population. |
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