Helping children, families, and communities grow stronger together.

Systems reform is central to the mission of Casey Family Services. The agency demonstrates, replicates, and advocates for changes to public human services and systems that can help them do a better job of providing effective, efficient assistance to the children and families they were designed to support.

This work is driven by the belief that systems change is critical to. Over the years, Casey Family Services has accumulated powerful evidence that bringing promising practices to scale and sustaining them over time can make a difference. The agency also knows that systems change is critical to sustaining exemplary services, transforming neighborhoods, strengthening families, and building economic security.

Building Family Economic Success

By investing in new models, promising practices, evaluation, and policy research, Casey promotes specific strategies that enable parents to obtain employment and advance in the workforce, increase their income, and build and protect a base of assets sufficient to secure a better future for their families.

Prioritizing Family Permanence

Casey Family Services supports innovative practice strategies and promising policies to support public child welfare systems in recognizing the power and possibility of achieving and sustaining families for vulnerable children and youth.