WHO WE ARE
Children and Family Futures is a nonprofit organization celebrating 25 years with a national impact providing consultation, training and technical assistance, strategic planning, and evaluation services focused on improving practice and policy at the intersections of child welfare, substance use and mental disorder treatment, and court systems. Children and Family Futures operates a wholly owned small business entity, the Center for Children and Family Futures. Our decades of experience are focused on practice, policy, and evaluation that supports tribes, states, regions, and communities to improve outcomes for children, their parents, extended families, and communities.
Children and Family Futures is guided by a set of Core Beliefs that focus our work on our nations’ vulnerable children.
Children and Family Futures delivers award-winning services for its funders and customers on behalf of the children and families whose lives we seek to improve. Responding to over 11,000 training and technical assistance requests in over 450 sites and conducting program evaluations and performance management with more than 100 sites has enabled us to develop planning and implementation methods that ensure the effectiveness of our services.
HISTORY
Listen to CFF’s history as shared by the Executive Team
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Nancy K. Young - Executive Director
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Sid Gardner - President
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Charles Williams - Chief Financial Officer
STAFF
Children and Family Futures employs over 65 staff members who are located across 17 states. Our organizational expertise draws on the talents, skills, knowledge, and experience of our team members who come from a variety of disciplines including child welfare, substance use and mental disorder treatment, health care, and court systems. Our staff have experience at the federal, tribal, state, and local level in leadership and direct service positions, as well as experience in military service, international services, and academia. Staff members’ experiences as foster and adoptive parents and persons in recovery also contribute to our understanding of critical issues grounded in lived experience. We believe the personal and professional experience, perspectives and strengths of our staff are essential to our success in providing outstanding technical assistance, training, and evaluation services.