Keeping Families Together
United Family Advocates is a bipartisan organization made up of child welfare advocates, attorneys, researchers, and non-profit leaders from across the country and political spectrum who share a belief in keeping families safe and together.
Vision
A society where the bonds and strengths of all families are valued and where every family can be safe, secure, and together
Mission
To advance bipartisan solutions that strengthen investments in and support for families within their homes and communities
Goals
Build public understanding
Change the public narrative to affirm that family integrity is essential to child safety and well-being.
Increase families’ access to economic security
Secure bold investments in families and communities that support family stability, strength, and self-determination.
End the child welfare system’s routine separation of families
Reserve foster placement and termination of parental rights only for when there are no other ways to protect children from danger and after careful consideration of the harms that separation can impose on families.
What we do
Research & Education
UFA educates policymakers and the public about the harms of the child welfare system and promotes direct investment in families and communities.
Policy Advocacy
UFA works across the aisle to advance legislative work that supports our policy priorities, activating networks well in advance of legislative impact opportunities.
Support Hub
UFA members support each other's advocacy work through amici briefs, position papers, and media strategies that advance our aligned policy priorities.
In Memoriam: Paul Vincent and Karl Dennis
United Family Advocates mourns the recent passing of two visionary leaders who shaped the child welfare field.