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2022–2024 Children and Family Fellowship

The Chil­dren and Fam­i­ly Fel­low­ship® is the Casey Foundation’s sig­na­ture pro­gram to devel­op the poten­tial of lead­ers in pub­lic, non­prof­it and phil­an­thropic orga­ni­za­tions work­ing to improve out­comes for chil­dren, youth and fam­i­lies. The Fel­low­ship explic­it­ly strives to increase the pool of diverse, vision­ary lead­ers with the con­fi­dence and com­pe­tence to lead and sus­tain major sys­tem reforms and com­mu­ni­ty change ini­tia­tives that ben­e­fit large num­bers of chil­dren, youth and families.

The 21-month Fel­low­ship pro­gram brings togeth­er lead­ers from var­ied pro­fes­sion­al back­grounds, geo­graph­ic regions and racial and eth­nic groups. This diverse group of Fel­lows becomes a pow­er­ful learn­ing com­mu­ni­ty that serves as both cat­a­lyst and sup­port through­out this inten­sive experience.

Watch Two Par­tic­i­pants Dis­cuss the Fellowship

Change is the hall­mark of the Fel­low­ship — per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al change, change in per­spec­tive and vision, and changes of scenery as Fel­lows trav­el to nine sem­i­nars at the Casey Foun­da­tion in Bal­ti­more and around the coun­try (con­di­tions per­mit­ting) and engage in two sem­i­nars vir­tu­al­ly. While bal­anc­ing the demands of their cur­rent posi­tions, Fel­lows par­tic­i­pate in a series of lead­er­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties, includ­ing exec­u­tive sem­i­nars, peer con­sul­ta­tions and indi­vid­ual coach­ing to pro­vide real-time appli­ca­tion and learning.

Exec­u­tive Seminars

The cor­ner­stone of the Fel­low­ship expe­ri­ence is a series of eleven four-day sem­i­nars that employ a dynam­ic, expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing approach. Co-designed by Fel­low­ship fac­ul­ty, Foun­da­tion staff and Fel­lows, the sem­i­nar series fol­lows an arc of learn­ing designed to build the com­pe­ten­cies of Fel­lows to achieve results, close dis­par­i­ties and achieve equi­table oppor­tu­ni­ties. The sem­i­nars are based on the core propo­si­tion that effec­tive lead­ers under­stand that real change requires data-dri­ven deci­sion-mak­ing, high­ly impact­ful and aligned strate­gies, an under­stand­ing of sys­tems, the abil­i­ty to lead through com­plex­i­ty and ambi­gu­i­ty and true collaboration.

Each sem­i­nar advances the Fel­lows results work, explores real-time lead­er­ship chal­lenges and pro­vides the oppor­tu­ni­ty for peer con­sul­ta­tion and expo­sure to lead­ers who are pro­duc­ing mea­sur­able results for chil­dren, youth and fam­i­lies and to orga­ni­za­tions employ­ing best prac­tices. The sem­i­nars offer a con­crete set of tools to aid Fel­lows in the real­iza­tion of effec­tive per­son­al, orga­ni­za­tion­al and sys­tems change, build­ing Fel­lows’ mas­tery of the com­pe­ten­cies and skills of Results Count lead­er­ship. The sem­i­nars pro­vide an oppor­tu­ni­ty for reflec­tive prac­tice, peer learn­ing and networking.

Build­ing a Results Action Plan

To build Fel­lows’ capac­i­ty to achieve mea­sur­able results, each Fel­low will be expect­ed to iden­ti­fy a mea­sur­able change that he or she plans to achieve by the end of the Fel­low­ship term. For the 2022–2024 Fel­low­ship, known as Class 12, Fel­lows will be asked to con­nect their work (either dis­tant­ly or close up) to the result ​“All youth ages 16–24 in the Unit­ed States have bright futures” and will work to strength­en their con­tri­bu­tion to this result.

This work takes place pri­mar­i­ly ​“back home” between sem­i­nars and is report­ed on and refined dur­ing the sem­i­nars. The Fel­lows are expect­ed to apply all of the tools and com­pe­ten­cies that the Fel­low­ship pro­vides them to reach this result. They will also enlist trust­ed col­leagues in their home orga­ni­za­tion to part­ner with them through­out the Fel­low­ship term and pro­vide sup­port and account­abil­i­ty in reach­ing their intend­ed tar­get. The Fel­lows will also receive two vis­its from Fel­low­ship fac­ul­ty to help guide and sup­port them.

Bring­ing Change to Their Organizations

As Fel­lows pur­sue their Results Action Plans, they will bring the tools and skills of the Fel­low­ship back home into their orga­ni­za­tions and sys­tems and enlist their col­leagues and stake­hold­ers in achiev­ing accel­er­at­ed results. To this end, Fel­lows must have the sup­port of their orga­ni­za­tions to par­tic­i­pate in the Fel­low­ship as well as an orga­ni­za­tion­al inter­est in inte­grat­ing an equi­table results ori­en­ta­tion to its work. Fel­lows will iden­ti­fy a key Results Part­ner who will serve as a ​“back home” part­ner in devel­op­ing and imple­ment­ing their Results Action Plan. This indi­vid­ual will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to par­tic­i­pate in a few Fel­low­ship activ­i­ties in order to build their own com­pe­ten­cy to achieve results.

Foun­da­tion Support

The Casey Foun­da­tion funds the cost of tuition of the Chil­dren and Fam­i­ly Fel­low­ship as well as all pro­gram-relat­ed expens­es, including:

  • Trav­el to and from Fel­low­ship activities
  • Meals
  • Lodg­ing
  • Mate­ri­als

Home Orga­ni­za­tion Expec­ta­tions and Crit­i­cal Suc­cess Factors

Expec­ta­tions. An orga­ni­za­tion has a lot to gain when one of its lead­ers becomes a Fel­low. The Fel­low will be accel­er­at­ing an actu­al piece of work dur­ing the Fel­low­ship term, apply­ing and dis­sem­i­nat­ing the results-dri­ven approach they are learn­ing in real time. The Fel­low receives coach­ing from fac­ul­ty and peers, which is par­tic­u­lar­ly valu­able to strength­en­ing strate­gies by expos­ing blind spots and over­com­ing obstacles.

Crit­i­cal suc­cess fac­tors. The oppor­tu­ni­ty works best when the Fellow’s super­vi­sor is an open and will­ing thought part­ner to the Fel­low between sem­i­nars. The Fel­low is hard at work dur­ing the sem­i­nars, not tak­ing a break from advanc­ing the organization’s work. In that vein, the super­vi­sor should be mind­ful of plac­ing demands on the Fellow’s time while they are par­tic­i­pat­ing in seminars.

Watch one Fel­low’s Super­vi­sor Dis­cuss the Ben­e­fits of the Fellowship

Fellowship Information

The selection process for the 2025–2027 Children and Family Fellowship is underway.

  • About the Fellowship
  • Candidate Eligibility and Selection Criteria
  • Selection Process
  • Important Dates

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