Casey Family Programs

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Casey Family Programs

| named_after = James E. Casey

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| formation = 1966

| type = Private operating foundation

| headquarters = Seattle, Washington

| location = United States

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| leader_title = President and CEO

| leader_name = William C. Bell, PhD

| budget = $127 million

| website = {{URL|http://www.casey.org/}}

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Casey Family Programs (CFP) is a national operating foundation{{cite news |last=Gross |first=Greg |date=7 July 2016 |title=York County to pay $10K a month for CYF consulting |url=http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2016/07/06/york-county-pay-10k-month-cyf-consulting/86750342/ |newspaper=York Dispatch |location=York County, Pennsylvania |access-date=30 August 2016 }} focused on foster care and child welfare.{{cite news |last=Thornton |first=William |date=10 November 2015 |title=Alabama's foster children finding better outcomes than national averages |url=http://www.al.com/news/anniston-gadsden/index.ssf/2015/11/alabamas_foster_children_findi.html |newspaper=AL.com |location=Anniston/Gadsden, Alabama |access-date=30 August 2016}}{{cite web|title=Casey Family Programs|url=http://www.myphilanthropedia.org/top-nonprofits/national/at-risk-youth/2011/casey-family-programs|website=Philanthropedia|accessdate=6 August 2015}}

Based in Seattle, Washington, Casey Family Programs works in 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. It has offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, New York, Texas, and Washington.{{cite web|title=Contacts & Locations|url=http://www.casey.org/contact/|website=Casey Family Programs|accessdate=24 August 2015}}

The foundation, established by United Parcel Service founder James E. Casey in 1966, has a stated mission to provide and improve—and ultimately prevent the need for—foster care in the United States.{{cite web|title=Casey Family Programs|url=http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/91-0793881/casey-family-programs.aspx|website=GuideStar|publisher=GuideStar USA, Inc.|accessdate=6 August 2015}}

Work

Casey Family Programs works primarily in three areas:

Consulting: technical assistance, data analysis, independent research and strategic consultation provided to child welfare systems, policymakers, courts and tribes in the United States.{{cite news|last1=Dreher|first1=Arielle|title=Empowering Low-Income Parents|url=http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2015/jul/01/empowering-low-income-parents/|accessdate=6 August 2015|work=Jackson Free Press|date=1 July 2015}}
Direct services: foster care and other direct services provided to approximately 1,100 children and families through community-based offices in nine locations.
Public policy: child welfare data and other information provided to federal, state, tribal and local governments.

Casey Family Programs has developed a number of tools used by child welfare agencies, including the Ansell Casey Life Skills Assessment.[http://caseylifeskills.org Ansell Casey Life Skills Assessment]

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, he gave the Seattle child welfare agency enough funds to become officially a separate, independent entity from the AECF. That organization is known today as "Casey Family Programs."[http://www.aecf.org/about/history/ "Our History"], "About" section, official website, Annie E. Casey Foundation, retrieved 2015-08-05.{{cite web|title=Partners|url=http://www.cwla.org/about-us/partners/|website=CWLA|publisher=Child Welfare League of America|accessdate=6 August 2015}}{{cite magazine|last1=Hamburger|first1=Philip|title=Ah, Packages|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1947/05/10/ah-packages|accessdate=6 August 2015|magazine=The New Yorker|date=10 May 1947}}{{cite news|last1=Krenmayr|first1=Janice|title=Here's a family plan to alleviate delinquency|work=The Seattle Times|date=6 December 1970}}

Casey Family Programs has evolved over time, broadening its role from traditional foster care to "reach more children and have more of a national impact."{{cite news|last1=Harrell|first1=Debera Carlton|title=Casey Family Programs to cut 60 staff positions|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Casey-Family-Programs-to-cut-60-staff-positions-1100203.php|accessdate=6 August 2015|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=5 November 2002}} By 2015, Casey Family Programs claimed to be working in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Related organizations

In 1976, Jim Casey started similar programs on the east coast, creating Casey Family Services, based in Connecticut and serving the New England states until 2012.

In 2001, Casey Family Programs founded the Marguerite Casey Foundation to help low-income families. Casey Family Programs is also the founding member of Foster Care Alumni of America.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.fostercarealumni.org/history/|website=Foster Care Alumni of America|date=11 December 2014 |accessdate=24 August 2015}}

Notes

External links

{{Official website|http://www.casey.org}}

Category:Child welfare in the United States

Category:Foster care in the United States

Category:Social care in the United States

Category:Non-profit organizations based in Seattle