Casey Excellence for Children Awards
Two business leaders recognized for dedication in improving the lives of vulnerable children and families.
Smart investments
Joseph Boateng: How would you invest in hope?
Chief Investment Officer Joseph Boateng delivers the keynote at the Casey Family Programs Investing in Hope dinner on October 19, 2016.
Smart Spending for Better Outcomes
We can make more effective investments to ensure better outcomes for our most vulnerable children.
Making effective investments: What if we could invest more of our federal child welfare funding in preventing child abuse and neglect rather than placing children in foster care?
Government's approach to funding often results in siloed service delivery systems that are difficult to coordinate, even on intricately connected issues.
Older Youth Learning Collaborative: a plan to develop strategies and system interventions that increase permanency and well-being for older youth
Casey Family Programs' "Older Youth Learning Collaborative" supports the development of practice strategies and system improvements for 11- to 21-year-olds.
The Ohio investment plan: In Lorain County, federal money once locked up for foster care now safely reduces the need for foster care
A community in Ohio is making investments beyond placing children in foster care, thanks to the Title IV-E waiver demonstration project.
Smarter investments keep children safe: The Child and Family Services Improvement Act expanded the authority to grant waivers to provisions of Title IV-E
The 2012 Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act has set the stage for important and meaningful improvements to child welfare in America.
Making the Case for Early Childhood Intervention in Child Welfare: A Research and Practice Brief
The number of youth in foster care nationally has declined over the past decade, but similar declines have not occurred for children under 6.
Granting his wish to be a regular kid: Child welfare reform in Colorado offers hope to a teenager with ambition
Smart investments in Colorado offer hope to a teenager with big dreams.
Unleashing innovation in child welfare: The child welfare demonstration project allows states to efficiently invest Title IV-E dollars
The federal Child Welfare Demonstration Project allows states to apply for a waiver so that they may better invest their share of Title IV-E dollars.