For 25 years, W.I.S.E. Up!® has helped children connected to adoption, foster, and kinship care navigate difficult questions, protect their privacy, and find confidence to share their story on their own terms.
Your tax-deductible gift helps provide counseling, education, empowerment, and resources for children and families.
Imagine being 10 years old and sitting in class when someone asks:
For children connected to adoption, foster, and kinship care, these aren’t hypothetical questions. They can be deeply personal and difficult to answer while a child is still making sense of their own story.
Michaela knows this experience firsthand.
As a child, she struggled with questions about her family and identity. Then she participated in C.A.S.E.’s W.I.S.E. Up!® program.
It changed the way she understood her story.
I could decide what to share, what to keep private, when to walk away, and when to educate others.
That confidence has stayed with me ever since.
Today, I serve on C.A.S.E.’s Board of Directors because I want every child connected to adoption, foster, or kinship care to have access to the same kind of support I had.
For 25 years, supporters like you have made W.I.S.E. Up! possible.
W.I.S.E. Up! is one example of how C.A.S.E. helps children and families heal, grow, and thrive.
Your generosity helps:
Children connected to adoption, foster, and kinship care deserve more than answers to difficult questions. They deserve the tools and support to understand their experiences, develop healthy identities, and decide how their stories are shared.
For 25 years, W.I.S.E. Up! has helped children do just that.
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Due to traumatic life experiences and compromised beginnings, many children who are adopted, who are being raised by relatives (kinship care), or have experienced foster care have higher risks for developmental, health, emotional, behavioral, and academic challenges.
Individuals and participating family members received Adoption Competent Therapy in 2024.
Parents and professionals registered for the Strengthening Your Family (SYF) Webinar Series in 2024.
Children and families have received adoption-competent mental health services since 1998.
