Uniting to

Transform Child Welfare

Family Voices United is a national partnership between FosterClub, Generations United, the National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds, and Casey Family Programs. Together, we share a commitment to transforming child welfare by centering lived experience.


At the heart of this work is the Lived Experience Advisory Board (LEAB), a team of 20 experts with firsthand child welfare experience. Their insights are fundamental, shaping every aspect of Family Voices United. By combining their real-world expertise with the reach of our national partners, we produce a richer, more impactful body of work, one that reflects the realities of children, youth, and families and drives meaningful policy and practice change.


Family Voices United lifts up lived experience, strengthens community connections, and informs decision-makers so that child welfare is understood and improved through the voices of those most affected.

Family Voices on Critical Child Welfare Topics

Lived Experience Advisory Board Convening Seattle, WA-2025 


The Blog: Family Voices United in Action

Displaying 1 - 3 of 16 blog posts.
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Webinar 2
Real Voices, Real Care Over 100 people joined "The Future of Care: Medicaid and Medicare Through Family Voices" Webinar — a powerful conversation hosted by the Family Voices United Lived
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Blog-FVU Webinar Flyer
For millions of families, Medicaid and Medicare aren’t just programs, they’re lifelines. These programs cover doctor visits, prescriptions, mental health care, and preventive services that families could not afford on...
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Blog 3-Grassroots
No single agency can meet all the needs of children and families in the child welfare system. That’s why partnerships between agencies, grassroots groups, faith-based organizations, parents, caregivers, and youth...

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.

2025 State of Grandfamilies & Kinship Care Report

This 2025 report from our partners at Generations United details the critical role caregivers play in supporting children, families, and our nation’s child welfare system. 

Meet The Lived Experienced Advisory Board



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Samaris Rose
Connecticut
Molly Clore
Florida
Katie Biron
Washington
Susan Lagenfield
New York
Jarrod Hummer
Indiana
Churmell Mitchell
South Carolina
Roger De Leon Jr.
California
Pasqueal Nguyen
Louisiana
Beth Patton
Kansas
Genia Newkirk
North Carolina
Lynn Urvina
Washington
Bob Ruble
California
Gabe F
Illinois
Rowan
Indiana
Massachusetts
Washington