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 permanence 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.

In 2008, Casey Family Programs will join with the Casey Foundation to co-convene the National Convening on Youth Permanence, April 30 to May 2 in Washington, D.C.

Connections Count aims to “clutter bust,” allowing our readers access to up-to-date, expertly chosen information on youth permanency 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