Feel free to contact either the Annie E. Casey Foundation or its direct service agency, Casey Family Services, as a source of information on issues involving:

• The National Convening on Youth Permanence,
   
• youth “aging out” of foster care,
   
• life skills for older children and youth,
   
• older children and youth in foster care, and
   
• other child welfare matters.

Please send your inquiries to media@aecf.org and media@caseyfamilyservices.org. Members of the communications staff can put you in contact with several of our experts, and provide you with background information on permanency practice and policies.

If you are a media member under deadline and need immediate assistance, please contact Marci Bransdorf, Foundation public affairs specialist, at 410.223.2852, or Roye Anastasio-Bourke, Casey Family Services public affairs manager, at 203.401.6955.
 

Press releases regarding the National Convening on Youth Permanence are featured below. You can read the full press release online by clicking on the links below:

September 15, 2006 Wrap-Up of National Convening on Youth in Foster Care September 14, 2006 National Convening on Youth Permanence Addresses Needs of Older Children and Youth in Foster Care September 13, 2006 Casey Foundation Honors U.S. Representatives Camp and Davis September 7, 2006 Families for Life: Addressing the Needs of Older Children and Youth in Foster Care