Helping leaders finance and sustain initiatives that protect children
and youth, strengthen families, and promote successful transitions
from the child welfare, juvenile justice, substance abuse, and
mental health systems
This practice group works to make a difference in the lives of society’s most vulnerable children, youth, and families involved with the child welfare, juvenile justice, substance abuse, and mental health systems. We connect government, philanthropic, and community leaders with the research, technical knowledge, and training they need to design and finance results-oriented programs and services. Our work helps leaders think creatively in developing the diverse range of resources they need for successful programs.
We offer specialized services and supports, including research, consulting, technical assistance, and training.
Contact: Katherine Gaughen, Practice Group Leaders, Vulnerable Children and Youth
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. The Youth Guide to Budgeting provides step-by-step instructions, tips and strategies that youth leaders can use to develop a budget for their organization.
. The Youth Guide to Developing Logic Models provides step-by-step instructions, tips and strategies that youth leaders can use to develop a logic model to measure their progress, demonstrate their accountability and link investments to results.
. Sustaining Youth Engagement Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities aims to help leaders of youth engagement initiatives sustain their work and connect to resources, including providing examples of strategies to support youth as active participants in the sustainabiliyt process.
The Finance Project and Child Trends launched the Fostering Connection Resource Center. This new Resource Center will provide state and local decision makers with tools and resources to support implementation of the groundbreaking federal legislation, the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act, passed one year ago.
The Resource Center will provide access to:
- a wide array of tools and resources;
- up-to-date information on federal regulatory activity;
- best practices and other state approaches to implementation; and
- webinars and other online discussion forums; and
The Fostering Connections Resource Center will also provide access to national networks of state-based and local stakeholders organized according to the six major topic areas of the law -- adoption, kinship, older youth, Tribal child welfare, health, and education. Through its networks, the Resource Center will disseminate materials and provide ongoing expertise to state policymakers and administrators.
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Search for publications in these related areas:
- Youth in Transition
- Child Welfare Services
- Juvenile Justice and Violence Prevention
- Mental Health
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention
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