
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"?
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.
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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: Editorial Team: To contact Casey about Connections Count, please email |