Permanence
Every child needs and deserves to grow up in a safe, loving, and nurturing family – a family whose support is unconditional and will last a lifetime. Yet for the half million children in foster care on any given day, these necessary family connections are too often lost. The Casey Foundation publishes and funds publications and multi-media to help policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and others address the challenge of providing lifelong connections for every child.
See also Our Work: Child Welfare/Permanence, an overview of Casey's investment in child welfare/permanence.
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A Foster Care Practice Model: Lifelong Families [Brochure]
2012
This brochure provides an overview of Lifelong Families, a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s direct service agency, Casey Family Services. The document highlights the values, principle components and benefits of the model, as well as its early successes at improving the outcomes of children and youth in foster care. This model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for those in care, especially older youth in treatment foster care.
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Foster Care Practice Model: Lifelong Families [Video]
2012
This video provides an overview of Lifelong Families, a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s direct service agency, Casey Family Services. This animated video highlights the values, principle components and benefits of the model, as well as its early successes at improving the outcomes of children and youth in foster care.
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A Foster Care Practice Model: A Reunification Case Study from Lifelong Families
2012
A set of case studies illustrate how Lifelong Families – a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s direct service agency – helped Rudy, a child in foster care achieve permanence through reunification with birth family. In addition, Rudy's story highlights the values, principle components and benefits of the model. The Lifelong Families model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for high-needs, older youth in care.
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A Foster Care Practice Model: A Guardianship Case Study from Lifelong Families
2012
A set of case studies illustrate how Lifelong Families – a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s direct service agency – helped Mealea, a child in foster care achieve permanence through guardianship. In addition, Mealea's story highlights the values, principle components and benefits of the model. The Lifelong Families model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for high-needs, older youth in care.
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A Foster Care Practice Model: An Adoption Case Study from Lifelong Families
2012
A set of case studies illustrate how Lifelong Families – a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s direct service agency – helped Wanda, a child in foster care achieve permanence through adoption. In addition, Wanda's story highlights the values, principle components and benefits of the model. The Lifelong Families model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for high-needs, older youth in care.
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