Casey Family Programs
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Casey Family Programs claims to be "the nation’s largest operating foundation focused on safely reducing the need for foster care and building Communities of Hope for children and families across America"[1][2]
Casey Family Programs are based in Seattle, Washington, but "work in 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico".[1][2]
Since 1966, they have worked to provide and improve—and ultimately prevent the need for—foster care in the United States. As advocates for change, they are committed to their 2020 Strategy – an ambitious yet attainable goal to safely reduce the number of children in foster care and improve the lives of those who remain in care.
They state that decades of front-line experience make them exceptionally qualified to identify various improvements in child welfare practices, and help states and counties implement them. The foundation, established by UPS founder Jim Casey, is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Casey Family Programs is also well known for developing a number of tools used by Child Welfare Agencies, including the Ansell Casey Life Skills Assessment.[3] Casey is also the founding member of Foster Care Alumni of America.[4]
History
In 1966, the Casey family philanthropy, acting through their Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF), started a child welfare agency (foster care and related services) in the Seattle, Washington area. When Jim Casey's company, United Parcel Service (UPS), moved its headquarters from Seattle to New York City in 1973, Jim Casey gave the Seattle child welfare agency enough funds to become officially a separate, independent entity from the AECF. That organization is known, today, as the "Casey Family Programs."[1][2]
The programs evolved over time — broadening their role from traditional foster care to a wider goal: "to influence long-lasting improvements to the safety and success of children, families and the communities where they live." By 2015, they claimed to be working in "50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico".[2]
Casey Family Services
In 1976, Jim Casey started similar programs on the east coast, creating Casey Family Services, based in Connecticut to serve the New England states, growing to include Maryland.[1][2]
- (see this topic in a separate Wikipedia article on the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Casey Family Programs and Casey Family Services have the same goal of improving lives of children everywhere.
Notes
- ^ a b c d "About Casey Family Programs", Casey Family Programs official website, retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ^ a b c d e "Our History", "About" section, official website, Annie E. Casey Foundation, retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ^ Ansell Casey Life Skills Assessment
- ^ Foster Care Alumni of America
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