The Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice

In 2001, in an effort to improve outcomes for more children and families than the agency could serve directly, Casey Family Services established the Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice.

Through the Casey Center, the organization:

  • shares what the agency is learning from its research about hands-on work with children and families in eight divisions;
  • adds knowledge gleaned from other permanency-focused work throughout the country;
  • shares this knowledge through national training and consultation with public child welfare systems; and
  • disseminates knowledge based on lessons learned to promote practice, policy, and systems reform through newsletters, articles, white papers, videos, and requests for information.

Casey Family Services believes a permanency-focused practice framework is key to effective child welfare practice and systems change. The Permanency Teaming Process, used in Casey Family Services’ eight divisions, has shown success in changing permanency practice since its implementation in 2005.

Like our strategic work with children and families, Casey’s technical assistance is collaborative, focused on outcomes, time limited, culturally responsive, and strengths based.

Contact the at 203.401.6937 to learn more about its technical assistance work.

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