First-of-its-kind National Partnership Aims to Redesign Child Welfare into Child & Family Well-Being

The Children's Bureau at HHS' Administration for Children and Families, Casey Family Programs, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Prevent Child Abuse America are partnering to launch a nationwide initiative to prove that it is possible to fundamentally rethink how child welfare systems function to prioritize strengthening families and building resiliency, rather than separating families.

This first-of-its-kind partnership — Thriving Families, Safer Children: A National Commitment to Well-being — will work across the public, private and philanthropic sectors to assist jurisdictions in creating more just and equitable systems that benefit all children and families and break harmful intergenerational cycles of trauma and poverty. Read more