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Advancing Family Economic Mobility (AFEM) is an initiative committed to creating sustainable pathways to economic mobility and well-being for all people and families. Funded by the William K. Kellogg Foundation... (Read more)

Ending the Need for Group Placements is a collective effort by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs and community partners across the nation to ensure all children grow... (Read more)

Peer support is a recognized therapeutic model for recovery and well-being that was first developed and used in the 1970s in the mental health and substance use disorder systems. Since... (Read more)

Parental substance use is a key factor associated with infants and children ( particularly young children ) coming into foster care. 1,2 The opioid epidemic and increases in substance-related deaths... (Read more)

Pregnancies and parenting come with a lot of unknowns, even for the most prepared adults. When you are expecting or parenting a child during your time in foster care, it... (Read more)

Entering and navigating the child welfare system can be stressful and confusing for young people separated from their families. It can be even more challenging for young people who are... (Read more)

Casework strategies used to address disproportionality and disparity in the child welfare system are often the same strategies used to improve outcomes for all children and families; however, agencies are... (Read more)

In 2019, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty , which included four policy proposals to reduce the number of children living in poverty... (Read more)

Youth in foster care face several challenges as they approach adulthood and prepare for self-sufficiency and independent living, and many struggle to achieve self-reliance. Youth in out-of-home care may face... (Read more)

The child welfare field has moved from acknowledging the problem of systemic racial and ethnic disproportionality and disparity to formulating and implementing solutions. As jurisdictions and agencies evaluate their systems... (Read more)