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Connections Count
Resources Connecting Foster Teens with Families for Life
From the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services
Making It
Possible
What should child welfare agencies consider as they work with and actively support youth in permanency-related policymaking and systems reform?
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services recently released a summary of the 2006 National Convening on Youth Permanence.
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Hear "Voices from the Inside."
Advocacy tips for teens from FosterClub.
Youth and
Family Perspectives
“I enjoy working with [Iowa's] Department of Human Services because it feels like someone is finally listening to me, and they aren't just listening, they are actually doing something about it.”
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Lorisha, Elevate2Inspire, Iowa
Iowa's Elevate2Inspire, a unique partnership, is active on multiple fronts: as advocates for the needs of young people in foster care, as trainers in partnership with their state agency, as producers of commercials promoting foster parent recruitment and legislative activists.
Data Snapshots
Involving Foster Care Alumni
The Foster Care Alumni of America (FCAA) estimates 12 million Americans have experienced foster care, and that their ranks will grow by approximately 250,000 young people each year if foster care entries and exits remain steady. Remember the expertise of these individuals as you engage in reforming foster care and improving permanency planning.
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Some resources for connecting with foster care alumns:
Data Snapshots
A growing number of foster care alumni are organizing to improve foster care.Archive
- How to Sponsor a Permanency Convening
June-July issue - Rethinking Birth Families
August-September issue
About Connections Count
Produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services, Connections Count is an electronic newsletter focusing on best practices, tools, research, and data on youth permanence in child welfare.Contact Us
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