Helping children, families, and communities grow stronger together.

Established in 1992, the Rhode Island Division of Casey Family Services offers an array of services to support and strengthen children, families, and communities statewide.

To support its work, the division has a great need for individuals and couples to serve as foster or adoptive parents to children in care. Learn how you can help a child in foster care today.

Division Director Jim Gannaway leads this division and its staff.

Rhode Island Division Services

Family Economic Success (FES): FES supports low-income and working families in building stronger financial futures through a comprehensive approach of the Annie E. Casey Foundation that integrates workforce development efforts, family economic support, and community investments. Casey Family Services plays an important role in the Foundation’s broad strategy, developing partnerships and evaluating the needs of families within the communities that it serves.

Family Resource Center: In communities where there are a high number of vulnerable families, Casey Family Services operates Family Resource Centers. In South Providence, a neighborhood-based center provides services with an emphasis on preserving and strengthening family connections and stability. Local residents help guide services to meet the community’s needs.

Foster Care and Adoption: Casey Family Services offers foster care services to children who cannot live with their birth families, primarily due to neglect or abuse. Children in foster care may live with unrelated foster parents, relatives, or families who plan to adopt them. Services focus on the safety and healthy development of the child, including the development of lifelong family connections that help children exit foster care and prepare for adulthood.

National Tax Assistance for Working Families Campaign: A partnership between the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, this effort puts the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to work for low-income families. Casey Family Services works with local volunteers and organizations to provide families with free assistance in filing tax returns, claiming the EITC and other tax credits, and learning about ways to build assets and financial stability.

Post-Permanency Services: A pioneer in post-adoption services for children from foster care, Casey Family Services works with adoptive parents to address the emotional and psychological challenges foster children face during adoption. In addition, the agency works with guardians and other relative caregivers to maintain family permanence.

Contact Us

1268 Eddy Street
Providence, RI 02905 (map)
401.781.3669 telephone
800.499.7141 toll-free
401.781.0945 fax