Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) is a national leader in mental health services for the adoption, foster, and kinship care community.
We envision a world where every child and family connected to adoption, foster, and kinship care thrives, embracing our individual and collective diversity.
Our mission is to improve 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.
For over 25 years, C.A.S.E. has combined best practices and innovation to provide specialized individual and family therapy, psychiatric services and support groups, education, and training. We have become a local, national, and international resource for adoptive, kinship, and foster families and the professionals who support them. It is an exciting time as we grow our evidenced-based adoption-competent clinical model and our accredited, award-winning training programs nationwide.
C.A.S.E. has an annual budget of $12.5 million and a staff of 60+ employees.
The specific Plan documents and Employee Handbook govern each benefit. The insurance benefits plan year is September 1 – August 31.
Medical, Dental and Vision benefits eligibility begins the 1st of the month following the date of service. Cost is tax exempt.
Full benefits eligibility (all insurance plans) requires a minimum regular work schedule of 24 hours per week.
Employees who enroll in one of the medical plans may also opt to participate in a self-funded, tax exempt Health Saving Account (HSA).
C.A.S.E. pays a portion of the cost for the employee’s and dependent medical coverage based on employment status:
Workweek 32-40 hours
Workweek 24-31 hours
Vision (corrective optics) is paid fully by the employee.
Children up to age 19 have corrective optics included in the medical plan at no additional cost (Affordable Care Act regulation).
Dental is through Dominion National a managed care plan with its own participating dentists.
There is no out-of-network coverage.
Employees pay the full cost.
Short-term disability is provided to employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 24 hours per week at no cost and eligibility is the 91st day of employment.
Short-term disability is a temporary income assistance plan that has a 14 day waiting period after date of onset of disability and pays for up to 11 weeks.
The benefit is paid weekly by the insurer and is the lesser of $1,000 or 60% of weekly pay based on prior year W2 earnings.
Long-term disability is provided to employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 24 hours per week at no cost and eligibility is the 91st day of employment.
Long-term disability pays after short-term disability for extended disability incidents.
Payment is monthly and is integrated with social security benefits.
Term Life insurance is offered for the employee only at a guaranteed issue of $50,000.
Maximum annual carry over is 120 hours for staff and 200 hours for management. (Additional increments at specific service anniversaries to a total of 4 weeks.)
Workweek 40 hours
Workweek 32 hours
Workweek 24 hours
Workweek less than 24 hours
Workweek 40 hours
Workweek 32 hours
Workweek 24 hours
C.A.S.E. employees receive 12 holidays, one of which is the employee’s birthday!
Hours are based on hours that employee is scheduled to work.
For example: If you are scheduled to work 4 hours per day, you will receive 4 hours for holiday leave.
C.A.S.E. employees receive 10 paid excused days if summoned.
C.A.S.E. employees receive up to two to three days per incident as defined in the Employee Handbook.
All full-time exempt employee may accumulate up to 24 hours comp time as defined in the Employee Handbook.
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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.
Of therapy clients were children under the age of 18 in 2021.
Served in 2021 through therapy, case management, post-adoption services and Wendy's Wonderful Kids recruitment program.
Registrants for our monthly Strengthening Your Family webinars and parent support groups featuring a wide array of topics for the adoptive, foster and kinship community.