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• White Papers
• Articles by Casey Center Staff
• Other Publications

Call to Action: An Integrated Approach to Youth Permanency and Preparation for Adulthood
This brief and comprehensive report examines the need to assure that all youth in foster care have both family relationships they can count on for a life time and the skills that prepare them to navigate the adult world. The Call to Action establishes an integrated and customized practice framework along with specific indicators of change for youth, families and the child welfare system.

Casey Family Services and the Annie E. Casey Foundation developed this paper in collaboration with the California Permanency for Youth Project, Casey Family Programs and the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, Inc.
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Strengthening Families and Communities white papers
The Casey Center has published three Strengthening Families and Communities white papers that highlight key aspects of post-adoption services needs.

An Approach to Post-Adoption Services
Executive Summary (pdf) | Full Report (pdf)

Creative Strategies to Finance Post-Adoption Services
Executive Summary (pdf) | Full Report (pdf)

Promising Practices in Adoption - Competent Mental Health Services
Executive Summary (pdf) | Full Report (pdf)

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Articles by Casey Center Staff

Renewing Our Commitment to Permanence for Children and Youth, published in Common Ground, the newspaper of the New England Association of Child Welfare Commissioners and Directors, April 2006.

Supporting Lifelong Family Connections for Children in Texas published in Voice, Casey Family Services newsletter, Spring 2005. pdf

ACF and the Casey Center Collaborate with New England Adoption Program Managers to Enhance Systems Change published in Common Ground. pdf | html

Casey Center Facilitates Financing Post-Adoption Services New England Planning And Networking Meeting published in VOICE, Winter 2004. html

Connecticut Embraces the Need for More Child-Specific Recruitment Efforts for Older Children published in Common Ground, December 2003.

Learning While Doing published in VOICE, Fall/Winter 2003.

Other Publications

Selected Resources on Lifebooks, compiled by the Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice, September 2006.

Selected References on Youth Permanence, compiled by the Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice, September 2006.

Selected Web-Based Tools on Youth Permanence, compiled by the Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice, September 2006

Supervision in Community Child Welfare Partnerships published in Outlook.

Permanence for Young People: Framework and Measures
The Casey Center collaborated with the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning at the Hunter College School of Social Work to develop a framework and measurements to guide states in improving permanency practices for older youth throughout the country.