A foster care system where every child has a loving home

Sixto Cancel delivers a talk on kinship care at TED 2023

Image credit: Gilberto Tadday / TED

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Robert L. Matthews as our Chief Program Officer

We’re working to transform the nation’s child welfare system and improve outcomes for the millions of children and families it impacts each year. Led and guided by people with lived experience, we partner with leaders and practitioners across the country to create and implement disruptive, scalable solutions and policy reforms.

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Our work and impact

2023 Annual Report

Centering Lived Experience in Child Welfare Transformation

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Exploring Federal Supports for Transition-Age Youth

A collaboration with the U.S. Children’s Bureau to bring 20 diverse youth and young adult Ambassadors to inform the agency’s work plan.

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2022: A Year in Review

We're facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fundamentally reshape the child welfare system.

The latest from Think of Us

Policy & Practice

July 25, 2024

Think of Us Urges Swift Passage of Strengthening Families Act

TOU supports the Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families Act, recently introduced by the House Committee on Ways and Means. This legislation aims to overhaul title IV-B programs, bolstering family support and reforming child welfare systems.

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