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June-July 2007, Volume 1

Connections Count

Resources Connecting Foster Teens with Families for Life

From the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services

In this Issue:

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Making It Possible
Youth & Family Perspectives
Featured Articles
Top 10: Data Snapshots
What Do You Think?
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Making It
Possible

Want the media to cover your mini-convening on youth permanence and help shift public perceptions about securing families for youth at risk of "aging out"?

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New report says the number of youth “aging out” has increased 41 percent since 1998: Time for reform: Aging Out and on their Own.

Texas rethinks birth family connections with fascinating results: Birth Families as Permanency Resources for Children in Long-Term Foster Care, by Susan Mapp and Cache Steinberg.

Two views: Ethicists Reamer and Siegel on open adoption and a popular news account of two families' experiences with open adoption.

Youth and
Family Perspectives


“I entered foster care at age 14, and spent the next six years moving from home to home before ‘aging out’ of foster care. My experiences showed me the importance of stability and security. Everyone – whether they are 6, 16, or 26 – needs a permanent family.” Bregetta Wilson in The (Madison) Wisconsin State Journal , May 9, 2007.

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About Connections Count

Produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services, Connections Count is an electronic newsletter focusing on best practices information, tools, research, and data emerging on youth permanency in child welfare at local, state, and national levels. Connections Count will highlight successful youth permanency work achieved by states following their participation in the 2006 National Convening on Youth Permanence, strategies for overcoming barriers to permanence, and peer-to-peer exchanges about successes and challenges reported by on-the-ground staff, administrators, youth, and their families.

Connections Count aims to “clutter bust,” allowing our readers access to up-to-date, expertly chosen information on youth permanence policy, practice, and research. It creates a community that will effectively advance the power, possibility, and priority of youth permanence.

Executive Editors:
Sarah Greenblatt, Director, Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice
Lee Mullane, Communications Director, Casey Family Services

Editorial Team:
Roye Anastasio-Bourke, Public Affairs Manager, Casey Family Services
Leah Glasheen, Information Services Specialist, Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice
John Hodgins, Senior Communications Associate,
Casey Family Services

To contact Casey about Connections Count, please email
connectionscount@caseyfamilyservices.org

Top 10:

Data Snapshots

Nearly 60 percent of adolescents in foster care live in 10 states.

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What Do You Think?

What are the top three things to consider when involving youth in your state CFSR process?

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About Connections Count

Produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services, Connections Count is an electronic newsletter focusing on best practices information, tools, research, and data emerging on youth permanency in child welfare.

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