Casey Family Programs

09/01/2026

September is National Kinship Care Month, a time to celebrate family members and fictive kin who provide kinship care for children and youth.

Kinship care can help maintain family connections, minimize the trauma of out-of-home care and encourage family reunification. Casey Family Programs has collected a wealth of research and data showing the power of kinship care. Explore our resources to learn more.

Casey Family Programs has a curated collection of resources and stories around agencies designing and implementing kin-first practices. Learn more.

08/19/2026

Computers and internet access should be considered basic needs for youth and families. However, access to essential technology and broadband internet is still uneven, particularly for those involved in the child welfare system.

See some strategies that are working to bridge this divide.

These listings include resources to help connect youth in foster care and their families with needed technology, including devices and broadband access.

08/13/2026

Leaving foster care can be abrupt and demanding for young people who exit without finding permanency through family reunification, adoption, or guardianship. The 9% who age out are expected to quickly take on adult responsibilities — too often with little preparation and few, if any, supports.

Learn more about what matters most as youth prepare to exit foster care and explore ideas and solutions to ensure the needs of youth are met during this critical transition period. https://bit.ly/3S6dz4Y

How can youth aging out of foster care be better supported?

08/06/2026

The NYC Administration for Children's Services- ACS has a decades-long history of providing a broad array of supports aimed at keeping families safely together. That work continues, as ACS has expanded access to services, created required mandated reporter training for all ACS partners and more.

Read more to see the results, including fewer family separations and foster care placements.

NYC is addressing child safety by creating pathways for families to receive support outside of traditional child welfare system referrals.

07/29/2026

In this final brief of our series, hear from experts and those with lived experience to learn more about collaboration strategies that have been successful in advancing culturally informed behavioral health approaches in Tribal communities.

Casey Family Programs is proud to partner with Center for Health Care Strategies on this series about the collaboration between child welfare, Medicaid and Tribal health systems to provide crucial care for Tribal families across the country. Read more: https://bit.ly/4vsSMq6

Prioritizing holistic approaches that connect health care and culture

07/22/2026

In this second of three briefs, we look at three programs that illustrate a variety of Tribal behavioral health programs and explore a spectrum of partnerships between Tribal programs and Medicaid.

Casey Family Programs is proud to partner with Center for Health Care Strategies on this series about the collaboration between child welfare, Medicaid and Tribal health systems to provide crucial care for Tribal families across the country. Read more: https://bit.ly/4vmUpp2

Learn how different tribal behavioral health programs help Native children

07/15/2026

Casey Family Programs is proud to partner with Center for Health Care Strategies on a series of briefs on the collaboration among child welfare, Medicaid and Tribal health systems to provide crucial care for Tribal families across the country.

In our first brief, we look at how these systems intersect, laying the groundwork for effective cross-system collaboration that benefits American Indian and Alaska Native children and families. Read more: https://bit.ly/4faEGTY

Learn how Tribal health improves through Medicaid and child welfare systems.

07/08/2026

Today is your last chance to nominate an outstanding advocate for the 2027 Casey Excellence for Children Awards.

Nominate an alum of foster care, a birth parent, a kinship caregiver or a resource parent who has demonstrated extraordinary efforts on behalf of those involved in child welfare.

Nominations are due at 5 p.m. PT today, so make sure your submission is completed before the deadline!

Learn more about the awards and nominate someone deserving: https://www.casey.org/ceca

07/07/2026

Child welfare work is complex and emotionally draining. Leadership, from supervisors to executive administrators, plays a key role in shaping the organizational culture that best supports the physical, psychological and social well-being of their staff.

A strong, stable child welfare workforce is important to staff morale, organizational functioning, and positive outcomes for the children and families being served. Read more to learn how leaders can model wellness practices and prioritize employee wellness agencywide to keep operations running smoothly and employees satisfied. https://bit.ly/4vdhJ8Q

See how practicing wellness can help the child welfare workforce can promote positive outcomes

07/01/2026

The number of children in foster care in the U.S. has steadily dropped since 2017. To learn how this safe reduction is possible, Casey Family Programs sought out six child welfare systems that have seen reductions that were well above the national average.

Critically, they did not lose sight of child safety — each achieved a high foster care reduction rate without experiencing an increase in repeat maltreatment. Learn the strategies from these systems that keep children safe with their families: https://bit.ly/4v8DtCL

Learn how some states and counties are safely reducing foster care.