Our Impact
Making Permanence Possible.
We are filled with deep gratitude for our donors, whose unwavering support empowers C.A.S.E. to fulfill its mission and change lives every day.
We are filled with deep gratitude for our donors, whose unwavering support empowers C.A.S.E. to fulfill its mission and change lives every day.
In 1998, more than 17 years into the Dugan family’s adoption journey, Kathleen Dugan cofounded the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) with Debbie Riley, LCMFT, C.A.S.E. CEO, so that all children and families connected to adoption, foster, and kinship care could access the mental health services they needed to thrive.
Since 1998, C.A.S.E.’s hard work, dedication, and perseverance have made a lasting impact in the adoptive, foster, and kinship care community, training more than 80,000 mental health and child welfare professionals across 43 states and territories.
From our Baltimore-Washington metro area offices, we’ve served more than 9,000 clients and their families, ensuring permanence and creating brighter futures for the children and families we serve.
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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.