Uniting to
Transform Child Welfare
Family Voices United is an impactful collaboration between FosterClub, Generations United, the National Alliance of Children’s Trust Fund Alliance, and Casey Family Programs to deepen a shared commitment to transforming child welfare. Together, we’re building on the impactful work of the Lived Experience Advisory Board (LEAB), centering the voices of those with firsthand experience in the system. By uplifting these perspectives, we aim to shift how child welfare is understood and shaped ensuring policies and practices reflect the realities of those most affected. Through this partnership, we work to inform external partners, strengthen community connections, and drive change that’s rooted in real-life expertise.
Family Voices on Critical Child Welfare Topics
The Blog: Family Voices United in Action
Race Equity in Child Welfare
The Family Voices United campaign surveyed birth parents, kinship caregivers, foster/resource and adoptive parents, and young people with experience in the child welfare system across the country to compile their lived expertise on prevention services for families prior to interaction with the child welfare system.
How Foster Care Can Better Support Youth and Families of Color
In November’s monthly meeting, the Family Voices United Lived Experience Advisory Board (LEAB) had a powerful discussion on Racial Equity led by FosterClub Lived Experience (LEx) Leader Divina Cordeiro, who was in the Massachusetts foster care system for 7 years.
Tools for Professionals: Promoting Family Voices
Constituent Voice Assessment Toolkit
Helping organizations elevate the voices of youth and families with lived experience in foster care to influence policy and systems change.
Deepening Constituent Engagement Training
This interactive training, led by those with lived experience, offers tools and strategies to help child welfare organizations build meaningful LEx/Ally partnerships.
Learn more about Family Voices United
The Family Voices United Campaign centers lived experience in child welfare reform, engaging leaders, building capacity, and advocating for policies that keep families together.
Meet Our Lived Experienced Advisory Board
