News Releases
Connections Count Focuses on Family Teaming to Achieve Permanence
June 15, 2009Connections Count, an enewsletter from the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services, reviews family teaming as a strategy to achieve permanence for those in foster care.
Florence Young and Casey Family Services Honored for Helping Low-Income Families
May 28, 2009Women, Work & Community honored Florence Young, a social worker with Casey Family Services in Portland, as one of six statewide champions for Maine women and communities at its 13th anniversary celebration held May 21 in Augusta, Maine
Casey Foundation Awards $305,500 to Nonprofits Serving New Haven Children and Families
May 28, 2009The Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services recently announced the awarding of $305,500 to 14 nonprofit organizations serving New Haven’s vulnerable children and families. This year’s funding efforts focused on increasing the financial stability of families.
Tags: new haven, new haven direct services grants program
New Casey-Edited Book on Permanence for Older Children and Youth in Foster Care Released
May 11, 2009Columbia University Press recently released a collection of essays, Achieving Permanence for Older Children and Youth in Foster Care, on how to connect youth in state care to lifelong families. Benjamin Kerman, Casey Family Services’ director of research and evaluation, served as one of the collection’s editors.
Tags: permanence, research
National Foster Care Month Celebrates Mother’s Day
May 07, 2009This Mother’s Day, National Foster Care Month pays tribute to the legions of women who parent our nation’s most vulnerable youth, while sending out an urgent call for more individuals and families to step-up and help to change a lifetime for a child or youth in foster care.
Tags: national foster care month