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
The Blog: Family Voices United in Action
Family is critical for young people in and from foster care. We know, from what Lived Experience (LEx) leaders have told us, that too often, foster youth are unnecessarily placed...
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 The Lived Experienced Advisory Board
