Texas CASA Collaborative Family Engagement (CFE) Video

The Texas CASA CFE video is the recipient of a Communicator Award of Distinction as part of the internationally recognized Annual Communicator Awards. The CFE video explores this new partnership between CASA and CPS that aims to improve outcomes for kids in foster care.

Studies have found that one of the strongest indicators for child well-being is the number of committed adults in a child’s life. After the success of the five-year federally funded Diligent Recruitment project, Texas CASA approached the 84th Legislature and was appropriated funding for a two-year Family Finding collaboration between CASA and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). This new partnership is built around the fact that children have many blood relatives and other important connections that can be identified and located, and engaged with a case at its inception.