Resources - Foster Care

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Addressing the Needs of Multi-System Youth: Strengthening the Connection between Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice

http://cjjr.georgetown.edu/resources.html

This paper from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute’s Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and the Robert F.

Terms: Foster Care, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/agingout/index-hi.html

This is the Web site for the PBS show, Aging Out, a documentary chronicling the life of five young men and women aging out of the foster care system.

Terms: Foster Care

Best Practice Guidelines for Foster Care Youth Mentoring

http://www.nyc.gov/html/acs/html/become_mentor/best_practice...

This guide from New York City Administration for Children's Services discusses best practices for mentoring youth in foster care. These include building organizational capacity,...

Terms: Foster Care

Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: A Workshop for Resource Parents

http://www.nctsn.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=ctr_rsch_prod_rpc_guid...

Many children in foster or kinship care have a history of exposure to trauma. These print materials are designed as a comprehensive curriculum on child trauma for resource parents...

Terms: Foster Care

Chapin Hall Issue Brief: Race and Child Welfare

http://www.chapinhall.org/research/brief/race-and-child-welf...

This brief focuses on the problems facing black families and their children, and the related risks to black children victimized by maltreatment and in need of protection and...

Terms: Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Foster Care

Connected by 25: A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for Foster Youth

http://www.aecf.org/upload/publicationfiles/connected%20by%2...

This report from the Youth Transition Funders Group presents a strategic approach to improving the economic well-being and financial success of young adults leaving foster care,...

Terms: Foster Care, Program Outcomes

Educational Outcomes for Children and Youth in Foster Care and Out-of-Home Care Fact Sheet

http://www.casey.org/Resources/Publications/pdf/EducationalO...

Terms: Foster Care

Foster Care Placement Improves Children’s Functioning

http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/155/11/1255.pdf

This report examines changes in reported functioning over a 12-month follow-up period for a cohort of young children enrolled in foster care. The findings demonstrate that...

Terms: Foster Care

Helping Those Who Need it Most: Meeting the Mental Health Care Needs of Youth in the Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Systems

http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/05/04/05-004.pdf

Young people who are transitioning out of the foster care and juvenile justice systems often have serious mental health needs. This report from California Family Impact Seminar...

Terms: Foster Care, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry

Key Learnings from Mentoring Research and Implications for Practice

Key Learnings from Mentoring Research and Implications for Practice examines 11 critical questions that have been explored by leading researchers, with the goal of offerin

Terms: Building Staff Capacity, Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Evaluation, Foster Care, Gang Prevention and Intervention, Implementing Evidence Based Models, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry, Match Support, Mentor Recruitment and Screening, Mentor Training, Program Design & Management, Program Outcomes, Program Sustainability, Youth recruitment

Mentoring During the Holidays

http://msiy.edc.org/publications/MSIY%20publications/MSIY_Me...

For many, winter holidays are an exciting and joyful time of year—wonderful meals, gifts exchanged, family traditions, and time spent with loved ones.

Terms: Foster Care, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry, Match Support, Mentor Training

Mentoring Youth in Foster Care

http://msiy.edc.org/publications/MSIY%20publications/MSIY_Br...

The purpose of this brief from the Training and Technical Assistance Program for the Mentoring System-Involved Youth (MSIY) Initiative is to highlight the strengths and challenges...

Terms: Foster Care

Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Conditions of Youth Preparing to Leave State Care

http://www.chapinhall.org/sites/default/files/ChapinHallDocu...

The Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth Study is a collaborative effort of Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, the...

Terms: Foster Care

Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Outcomes at Ages 23 and 24

http://www.chapinhall.org/sites/default/files/Midwest_Study_...

The Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth (the Midwest Study), is the largest longitudinal study of young people aging out of foster care and...

Terms: Foster Care

NDTAC Issue Brief: Mentoring Youth Who Are Delinquent or High Risk

http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/nd/resources/spotlight/s...

This brief from the National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center summarizes key elements of an effective mentoring program for at-risk and high-risk youth, including foster...

Terms: Foster Care, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry

Partnerships for Mentoring High-Need Youth

High-need youth, such as those involved in the juvenile justice or foster care system, typically face many challenges that mentoring programs cannot address on their own.

Terms: Building Staff Capacity, Foster Care, Gang Prevention and Intervention, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry, Partnership/Collaboration Building, Program Sustainability

Raise Me Up Web site

http://www.raisemeup.org

Casey Family Programs, along with its partners, launched a new awareness campaign that is currently being piloted in the Austin, Texas area. The campaign’s slogan, "You don’t have...

Terms: Foster Care

Recruiting Mentors for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice or Foster Care System

http://msiy.edc.org/publications/MSIY%20publications/MSIY_Re...

A mentor can change the life of a young person involved in the juvenile justice or foster care system, but recruiting mentors to work with system-involved youth can be challenging.

Terms: Foster Care, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry, Mentor Recruitment and Screening

State Child Welfare Policy Database

http://www.childwelfarepolicy.org/pages/map.cfm

The State Child Welfare Policy Database, from Child Trends with support from Casey Family Programs, provides information on child welfare laws, procedures, and agency guidance for...

Terms: Foster Care

Supporting Mentors of Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice or Foster Care System

http://msiy.edc.org/publications/MSIY%20publications/MSIY_Su...

A positive mentoring experience can help a young person develop new skills and a more hopeful view of the future.

Terms: Foster Care, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry, Match Support, Mentor Training