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 2007
KIDS COUNT Data Book Essay
Family-Centered,
Neighborhood-Based System of Foster Care Promotes Permanence for
All Children
EmpowerMEnt:
Hearing the "Me" in the Voices of Georgia's Foster Youth
Casey
Family Programs Offers Free Resources
New
Study on African American Philanthropy Now Available Online from
The American Review of Public Administration
The
Finance Project
Youth
Communication: True Stories by Teens
2007
KIDS COUNT Data Book Essay
The 2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book essay, Lifelong Family Connections:
Supporting Permanence for Children in Foster Care," examines
our national obligations to those children who are at risk of being
removed from their homes, and in particular, the more than 700,000
children who spend time each year in foster care.
Download
a pdf file of the essay.
Family-Centered,
Neighborhood-Based System of Foster Care Promotes Permanence for
All Children
Funded
by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Family to Family has worked for
14 years to change child welfare systems, most recently by advocating
for more children to remain safely with their own families or a
family-like connection. But even then, emergency situations arise
where out-of-home care is necessary.
Discover
the core strategies of Family to Family, find the Family to Family
set of Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care in Resources, get additional
child welfare materials in the Knowledge Center, see more examples
of Casey's Child Welfare/Permanence work, and learn about Casey's
approach to Reforming Public Systems.
Visit
the Family to Family Web site.
EmpowerMEnt:
Hearing the "Me" in the Voices of Georgia's Foster Youth
More
than 300 current and former foster care youth in Georgia convened
to develop this document because they
believe their input can inform the discussion about what they require
to do better in Georgia.
Representing a wide mix of age, race, sex, parental status, geography,
and foster care placements, they shared ideas to come up with a
unified list of empowerMEnt priorities. They compiled this list
to share their experiences and recommendations. Their hope is that
child welfare administrators and workers, foster parents, group
home workers, child advocates and attorneys, the business and faith
community, other yout h in and formerly in foster care and other
community members will listen to them and join them in advocating
for positive changes in the foster care system in Georgia.
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EmpowerMEnt.
Casey
Family Programs Offers Free Resources
Casey Family Programs offers resources that are practice-focused
and results-oriented. There are publications, online tools, videos,
and training events for child welfare professionals. They represent
the premiere offerings of Casey Family Programs. To encourage innovation
and collaboration across agencies that serve youth, Casey Family
Programs offer them free of charge.
Use
these tools and resources in your daily work with youth and families
to Improve the foster care experience and well-being of young people,
assess and develop client strengths, and define and document outcomes
for your agency’s target populations.
Go
to Casey Family Programs Tools
and Resources.
New
Study on African American Philanthropy Now Available Online from
The American Review of Public Administration
"Nonprofit
Performance, Fund-Raising Effectiveness,and Strategies for Engaging
African Americans in Philanthropy," by
David M. Van Slyke of Syracuse University, and Shena Ashley and
Janet L. Johnson of Georgia State University
Download
the complete
study free of charge through December 31, 2007
The Finance Project
The Finance Project is a specialized non-profit research, consulting,
technical assistance and training firm for public and private sector
leaders nationwide. We help leaders make smart investment decisions,
develop sound financing strategies, and build solid partnerships
that benefit children, families and communities.
Go
to The Finance Project
Web site.
Youth
Communication: True Stories by Teens
Youth Communication helps teenagers develop their reading and
writing skills so they can acquire the information they need to
make thoughtful choices about their lives.
They
do that by training teens in journalism and related skills; publishing
magazines, books and other materials written and illustrated by
young people; and encouraging teens and the adults who work with
them to use their publications to stimulate reading, writing, discussion,
and reflection.
Youth
Communication also offers workshops and lesson plans for educators
who want to use their stories in schools, after-school programs,
and foster care agencies.
Go
to the Youth Communication.
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