Casey Family Programs (CFP) is a national operating foundation focused on

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and child welfare. Based in Seattle, Washington, Casey Family Programs works in 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. It has offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, New York, Texas and Washington. The foundation, established by

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founder

James E. Casey James E. Casey (March 29, 1888 – June 6, 1983) was an American businessman, known for being the founder of the ''American Messenger Company'', today known as UPS. In 1907, 19-year-old James Casey founded the American Messenger Company in Se ...

in 1966, has a stated mission "to provide and improve—and ultimately prevent the need for—foster care" in the United States.

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. * 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.

History

In 1966, the Casey family philanthropy, acting through their

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(AECF), started a child welfare agency (foster care and related services) in the

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area. When Jim Casey's company,

(UPS), moved its headquarters from Seattle to

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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.""Our History"
"About" section, official website, Annie E. Casey Foundation, retrieved 2015-08-05. Casey Family Programs evolved over time, broadening its role from traditional foster care to "reach more children and have more of a national impact." 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

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and serving the

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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.

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External links

* Child welfare in the United States Foster care in the United States Social care in the United States Non-profit organizations based in Seattle {{Washington-stub