Casey Life Skills Toolkit
Casey Life Skills (CLS) is a free, downloadable tool that assesses the behaviors and competencies youth need to achieve their long-term goals. It aims to set youth on their way toward developing healthy, productive lives.
Improved outcomes
How did Washington, D.C., develop its approach to meaningful continuous quality improvement?
Learn how D.C.’s child protection agency implemented a CQI system that focuses on family support and on preventing child removal.
How does one Family Resource Center keep families “Safe & Sound”?
Explore how Safe & Sound operates a family resource center in San Francisco to stabilize families and prevent child abuse and neglect.
How do St. Anne’s programs for pregnant and parenting young mothers break the cycle of child abuse and neglect?
St. Anne’s in Los Angeles is meeting the needs of pregnant and parenting young mothers in foster care through a continuum of services.
How does Inwood House meet the needs of expectant and parenting youth in foster care?
Learn how Inwood House at the Children’s Village developed integrated prevention and community-based services for young parents in foster care.
Bester, San Francisco efforts receive Jim Casey Building Communities of Hope Awards
These awards recognize communities working together to improve the safety and success of children and their families.
From Data to Practice: The Impact of Placement with Family on Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being
This report confirms kinship care as a preferred option for children when they cannot stay with their biological parents.
Using In Home Services to prevent foster care in Austin, Texas
This report chronicles the story of Austin’s In Home Services program. It is a story of courage, commitment, resilience and a lot of hard work.
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.
A natural fit: How aligned services keep children and families together in Jacksonville
Learn how Family Support Services of North Florida has combined forces with local partners to build a Community of Hope in Jacksonville.
2015 Out-of-Home Care Analysis: Key Findings for Service Delivery
This inaugural From Data to Practice report explores the relationship between services and outcomes in a cohort of youth served in CFS out-of-home care.
Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Students from Foster Care: Readings, Resources, Program Links
This Supporting Success supplement offers resources for postsecondary education professionals working to support students from foster care.
