Our Mission

Improving the well-being and permanence of children and their families by delivering
adoption competent mental health services, training a national network of professionals,
and informing the field through research and advocacy.

Our Vision

To create a world where every child and family connected to adoption, foster, and
kinship care thrives, embracing our individual and collective diversity.

Our Core Values

Emboldened by the core belief that all children deserve a safe, loving, permanent home; and
dedicated to providing inclusive, family-focused services; C.A.S.E. draws on expertise, research,
and lived experience to innovate and pay it forward by educating and empowering others.
Together we commit to work both internally and externally with:

Compassion
We create a compassionate
culture fostered by relationships
where our families, staff, and
partners are connected,
accepted, and respected.

Integrity
We build and maintain trust through open
and honest communication with an
uncompromising commitment to ethics,
professional standards, and internal and
external systems of accountability.

Excellence
We commit to lifelong learning and
continuous improvement, knowing
that we bring our best when we
value the strengths of our diverse
staff and communities and
embrace the spirit of collaboration.

Innovation
We commit to develop, research,
elevate, and share best practices
as C.A.S.E. nimbly responds to
emerging needs in creative and
bold ways.

We are committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We demonstrate and uphold
these values by providing an environment that draws on the contributions and strengths of our
diverse staff, partners, clients, and communities.