Who is Casey Family Programs? If you’ve discovered us via social media, you may not know us well. Our mission is to provide and improve — and ultimately prevent the need for — foster care. More about Casey: bit.ly/3GnWKsO #ChildWelfare #ReduceFosterCare

This new practice brief presents principles for child protection agencies to follow when expanding treatment services to address the trauma experiences and symptoms experienced by youth. bit.ly/46BvLVh #ChildWelfare #TraumaInformedCare

Medicaid can be a critical funding stream for peer support, both for young people currently involved in the child welfare system and those at risk who have co-occurring behavioral health concerns. bit.ly/3GivzzP #ChildWelfare #YouthPeerSupport

As our followers and friends celebrate the holidays this season, we wish you peace, happiness and joy.

How can the collection, analysis, and reporting of demographic data support children and families? Using demographic data can address inequities in child welfare and help to tailor and improve services. bit.ly/3LzxfXk #ChildWelfare #Data

Since it improves outcomes for children in foster care, how are child protection agencies promoting and supporting joint sibling placements and adoptions when it is safe for all children in the sibling group to do so? bit.ly/46RzPlu #NationalAdoptionMonth #ChildWelfare

All of us at Casey Family Programs would like to wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving.

#NationalAdoptionMonth is about permanency for children in foster care, and guardianship is one permanency option. This brief offers an overview of guardianship: types, benefits and more. bit.ly/3vYqJQm #ChildWelfare

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth: We reflect on how the Indian Child Welfare Act embodies #ChildWelfare best practice, requiring active efforts to keep children safely with their families and connected to their culture. bit.ly/3QlMKEZ

November is #NationalAdoptionMonth. When it’s safe to do so, children should stay with their families or kin, but a safe, loving, permanent home is always the goal for every child. National Adoption Month website from @ChildWelfareGov: bit.ly/3idjQ9O #NAM2023 #Adoption

As we close #FosterYouthVoiceMonth, check out the powerful voices of youth with lived experience in the child welfare system who share their experiences to initiate changes across the nation. bit.ly/3Rw5Mec #ChildWelfare

Sixto Cancel, founder of @ThinkOf_Us, spent time in foster care and now dedicates himself to improving the system and giving a voice to those actually living in it. Learn more in our 2023 signature report: bit.ly/3PR7lSM #FosterYouthVoiceMonth #ChildWelfare #FosterCare

How can individuals with direct experience of child welfare help to reform the system? @ifosterorg conducted a survey to gain the perspectives of young adults with experience in foster care. Summary: bit.ly/3RBqrNX #FosterYouthVoiceMonth #ChildWelfare #FosterCare

October is Foster Youth Voice Month. One way to elevate foster youth voices is through youth advisory boards. This brief shares some best practices for recruiting and working with youth advisory boards: bit.ly/46t2TPo #ChildWelfare #FosterYouthVoicesMonth

In honor of National Kinship Care Month, check out this brief about the essential elements of kinship navigator programs, assisting the many grandparents and relatives across the nation caring for more than 2.5 million children. bit.ly/2P2XkiH #ChildWelfare #KinshipCare

For #HispanicHeritageMonth we’d like to share resources we have translated into Spanish to honor our Spanish-speaking families and child welfare professionals. Follow this link and click on any resource. Each one will have PDFs in English and #Español: bit.ly/45M6UyE

Kinship Care Month is the perfect time to highlight the intersection between kinship care and voices of lived experience in #childwelfare. Kinship caregiver Gail Engel addresses this topic in our 2023 Signature Report. bit.ly/3LkDlfo #LivedExperience #FamiliesMatter

September is National Kinship Care Month. We know it’s best for children to stay connected with their families. Learn WHY a kin-first approach is important. bit.ly/3nSnmYN #KinshipCareMonth #ChildWelfare