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.
Kinship care
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.
How can an effective border agreement support timely placement with kin?
This bright spot describes how Georgia and Alabama created a border agreement to expedite placement of children with kin across state lines.
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.
Life of Hope Awards presented to Simone Biles, Torie Bowie, Ndume Olatushani
Life of Hope Award winners provide a beacon of hope and illustrate the possibilities and promise of the lives of vulnerable children.
Olympic gold medalist to foster youth: ‘Know your worth’
A Georgia sales executive knows the elation of American athletes who recently returned from the 2016 Rio Olympics with a record 121 medals.
Healing, culture are key for award-winning mother
Shana King received a 2016 Casey Excellence for Children Award for birth parent. Nominate a hero like her for the 2017 awards.
A mother’s love perseveres, helps others
In honor of Mother’s Day, we share the story of a courageous woman who overcame challenges and uses her experiences to help other parents.