Federal

Public Consulting Group has compiled Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First) questions and associated answers from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). These questions and answers are compiled... (Read more)

In adopting a prevention mindset, understanding the role of courts in preventing unnecessary removal of children from their homes, preventing compounding trauma while children are in foster care, and being... (Read more)

Casey Family Programs created an outline of options and opportunities for foundations who have an interest in leveraging their investments to improve the lives of vulnerable children and families and... (Read more)

Group care for children and adolescents is widely used as a rearing environment and sometimes used as a setting in which intensive services can be provided. This consensus statement on... (Read more)

CWLA hosted a webinar on involving key partners from Medicaid and Managed Care in planning for implementation Family First legislation. Webinar included how one state, Virginia, is collaboratively working with... (Read more)

In this data snapshot, the Annie E. Casey Foundation examines how placements for young people in foster care have changed from 2007 to 2017. Using data from all 50 states... (Read more)

One of the many changes within the Family First Prevention Services Act is a provision allowing children to stay with their parent in a residential substance abuse treatment program. And... (Read more)

Building Bridges Initiative, Inc. (BBI) and the Annie E. Casey Foundation have developed the BBI Family-based Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (FRSAT) Technical Assistance (TA) Project. This TA is for both... (Read more)

Casey Family Programs submitted this letter in response to the Children's Bureau request for public comment on Prevention Services Data Collection (OMB No: 0970-NEW). This includes ideas on initial collection... (Read more)

This tool is designed to help states and tribes compare their licensing standards with both the Children's Bureau national model and the NARA model family foster home licensing standards. DOWNLOAD:... (Read more)