Native American and Alaska Native children data trends
This data overview looks at trends for American Indian/Alaska Native children in care nationally, and in California and Washington.
Kinship care
Child and Family Services (CFS) Practice Model: A Safe and Permanent Family for Every Youth
This practice model outlines strategies and interventions that advance Casey Family Programs’ focus on permanency for youth.
How can we ensure a child’s first placement is with family?
Children’s first and only placement should be with family. This jurisdiction scan describes strategies to place children with family.
What are kinship navigator programs?
This strategy brief provides information about key elements of kinship navigator programs, jurisdictional examples, and evaluation outcomes.
How have some states developed and funded kinship navigator programs?
This brief highlights strategies that Georgia and New York employed to develop and fund their kinship navigator programs.
What are some examples of effective family search and engagement?
This strategy brief discusses the core elements of effective family search and engagement and highlights a number of effective approaches.
How can states and tribes provide feedback on model licensing standards for family foster homes?
This webinar highlights the opportunity to submit comments on FFPSA’s National Model Family Foster Home Licensing Standards.
What are some effective strategies for achieving permanency?
All children deserve to grow up in a loving, permanent family. This brief identifies strategies to achieve timely permanency.
Nominate a hero
Please nominate an alumnus, birth parent, foster or adoptive parent, or kinship caregiver committed to building hope.
Guardianship Assistance Policy and Implementation: A National Analysis of Federal and State Policies and Programs
Interviews with state guardianship experts and a policy analysis reveal variations in state subsidy rates and strategies for effective use of guardianship as a permanency option.