What's New
New KIDS COUNT Data Book Includes Essay on Supporting Permanence for Children in Foster Care
At a Capitol Hill briefing for the Anne E.
Casey Foundation's 2007 KIDS COUNT Data
Book release, Sharon McDaniel-Lowe spoke
about permanence. McDaniel-Lowe is
president and CEO of A Second Chance and
also a trustee of the Jim Casey Youth
Opportunities Initiative and Casey Family
Programs.
At a Capitol Hill policy briefing on July 25, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released the 18th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book with this year's essay, "Lifelong Family Connections: Supporting Permanence for Children in Foster Care." Every year, KIDS COUNT tracks the status of children in the U.S. through various benchmarks of child well-being at the national and state-by-state level. This year's essay focuses on the child welfare system and challenges policymakers and citizens to make lifelong connections for children and youth in foster care a national priority. At the briefing attended by more than 100 Congressional staff and organizations, panelists discussed the importance of permanence and policies that would help children in foster care to more easily develop permanent relationships. Panelists included Douglas W. Nelson, president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation; Nadege Mardy Breeden, past chair of the Youth Leadership Board, Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative in Bridgeport, Conn.; and Dr. Sharon McDaniel-Lowe, president and CEO of A Second Chance and trustee of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative and Casey Family Programs. Read the 2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book and essay.
Additional Information:
- Press Release 1 (PDF, 32KB)
- Press Release 2 (PDF, 99KB)
- Article: Supporting Permanence for Children in Foster Care (PDF, 698KB)
