New Haven Direct Services Grant Program
This program awards 10 to 20 grants each year to a wide range of nonprofit community organizations that work with disadvantaged children, youth and families.
About The New Haven Direct Services Grant Program (pdf)
Post-Adoption Services White Papers Released
Since 1995, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of special-needs children adopted through the public child welfare systems. As a result, the need for services to support these often-vulnerable families has burgeoned. Adoptive families report that adoption-competent services and supports have been critical to their families' adjustment to the lifelong process of adoption, In addition, families interested in adopting special needs children are more likely to make the lifelong commitment to adopt when post-legal adoption services are available.
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)
For printed copies, contact info@caseyfamilyservices.org
Technical assistance to support financing and implementing post-adoption services is available through The Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice. Please contact Sarah B. Greenblatt at sgreenblatt@caseyfamilyservices.org.
The Road to Independence: A Summary of Life Skills Activities
(Casey Family Services, 2004)
This paper outlines the eight core principles that guide Casey Family Services’ efforts to help youth learn the life skills they need to lead happy and productive lives. Brief descriptions of agency-wide programs and initiatives in eight divisions are also included.
The Road to Independence: A Summary of Life Skills Activities (pdf)
For printed copies, contact info@caseyfamilyservices.org.
Foster Youth Money Guide Series
This series of guidebooks, published jointly by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the National Endowment for Financial Education, is designed to help educate foster children and teens about personal finance and empower them to make sound decisions about reaching their future goals. The books were developed after speaking with foster parents, youth counselors, social workers and other foster care professionals.
The series contains three segments that include:
- Money Pals: Being Cool with Cash (A two-part guide for youth ages 8 - 11)
- I Know Where I'm Going (But Will My Cash Keep Up?) (A two-part guide for youth ages 12-15)
- A Caregiver's Handbook (A guide providing tips on how to use the books and help build foster children's money skills.)
The guidebooks may be ordered or downloaded by visiting aecf.org/publications.
Archived Publications
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Clinical Model and Principles: Guide to Good Outcomes
Casey Family Services' newly published Clinical Model and Principles synthesizes more than 30 years of best practices developed to provide foster care services to children and families in need. The result is a comprehensive guide that applies these principles to the daily reality of service provision throughout both the Casey organization and the larger child welfare community.
More
- Earned Income Tax Credits Help (pdf)
- Evaluating Post-Adoption Services: Knowledge from the Past, Plans for the Future (pdf)
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The Future for Teens in Foster Care
(Youth Advocacy Center, with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2002)
This 47-page report reflects conversations with hundreds of foster teens over a 12-year period. The report looks at the strength, intelligence and aspirations of young people who are in care, and draws on their input and the expertise of attorneys and program developers.
Order your copy from youthadvocacycenter@rcn.com or visit http://www.youthadvocacycenter.org to download the full report.
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It's My Life: A Framework for Youth Transitioning from Foster Care to Successful Adulthood
(Casey Family Programs, 2002)
This work is a comprehensive guide to holistic transition services for young people who "age out" of foster care and other substitute care.
Order your free copy - 127 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510, (203) 401-6900
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National Adoption Attitudes Survey
The 2002 National Adoption Attitudes Survey is now available. The report, sponsored by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, in cooperation with the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, provides significant new information about American's concerns that affect their willingness to adopt, especially from foster care.
To view a copy of the full report, visit: www.adoptioninstitute.org/survey.
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New Training Curriculum (pdf)
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Post-Adoption Services: Emerging Themes, Issues and Interventions (Casey Family Services, 1997)
This 84-page report describes the proceedings of a conference on post-adoption services convened by Casey Family Services in December 1995. In addition to summaries of 11 workshops on critical issues, the report describes trends in adoption and the impact of those trends on post-adoption services.
Order your free copy - 127 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510, (203) 401-6900
- Reports on Recruiting and Retaining Foster Parents
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released two reports identifying the challenges in recruiting and retaining foster parents and offering its findings and recommendations. In summary, the OIG found that the states' recruitment methods are not focused on finding foster parents who are willing and able to care for the most challenging children. Instead, they are more general in nature, which attracts parents who ultimately do not accept the special needs children. In addition, the report found that the states are under-utilizing their foster parents as recruitment tools. Lastly, foster parents are frustrated that they have no voice in many of the important decisions regarding the lives of the foster children in their care.
For the full report, visit: http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports, and enter the appropriate reference number. Recruiting Foster Parents report: OEI-07-00-00600. Retaining Foster Parents report: OEI-07-00-00601.
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