How are child welfare systems using flexible funds to support families and prevent the need for foster care?
Learn how using economic and concrete support strategies to address basic needs can support families and help prevent family separation.
Family First Prevention Services Act
Why should child protection agencies engage and involve all fathers?
Explore why it is important for child protection agencies to involve and engage with fathers and how barriers to doing so can be addressed.
What should every child protection agency do to ensure that children are placed with kin?
Explore three key principles to learn how child protection agencies can make placing children with kin caregivers a universal practice.
How are kinship navigator programs developed and funded?
Learn about program development and funding stream recommendations from kinship navigator program experts in several states.
How can the child welfare system support families affected by substance use disorder?
Learn about the impact of substance use disorder on families, and some strategies and policies to improve outcomes for those affected by it.
The effects of child poverty reductions on child protective services involvement
How would reducing child poverty affect referrals to CPS and foster care placements? Would it reduce racial disproportionality? Learn more.
Thriving Families, Safer Children, Supportive Communities
Learn how communities are engaging effectively with lived experience, addressing the system and investing in families.
How are states building community-based pathways to prevention services through Family First?
Learn how three jurisdictions are leveraging the Family First Prevention Services Act to serve families through community pathways.
Family First Prevention Services Act
This law provides opportunities for states and tribes to better serve children and families by preventing the need for foster care and supporting better outcomes for children in care. Explore these resources to learn more.
Marking five years of the Family First Prevention Services Act
Casey Family Programs has supported states and tribes in their conceptualization, development and implementation of Family First plans.