Short Talk 3C: Grantmakers Role in Advancing Policy: Lessons from Casey Family Programs
Session Designer
William C. Bell, Casey Family Programs
Session Description
As an operating foundation, Casey Family Programs provides direct services to children and families, systems improvement consultation and research, and educates policymakers on the needs of children and families in the foster care system. To facilitate its work, the foundation, among other things, recognizes the need for improvements in federal child welfare finance. Through its work with jurisdictions in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and federal agencies, the foundation has had made some significant achievements advancing its public policy agenda. Dr. William C. Bell, president and CEO of Casey Family Programs, will share stories of the foundation's success and offer suggestions for grantmakers working to advance policy agendas.
Speakers
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William C. Bell, Casey Family Programs
Title
President & CEO
Speaker Biography
William C. Bell is president and CEO of Casey Family Programs. Dr. Bell has more than 30 years of experience in the human services field. Prior to becoming president and CEO, he served as the foundation’s executive vice president for child and family services. Prior to joining Casey, he served two-and-a-half years as commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). From 1996 to 2001, Dr. Bell was deputy commissioner of ACS’s Division of Child Protection. Before that, he was deputy commissioner of field services and contract agency case management for the New York City Human Resources Administration. In the early 1990s, Dr. Bell was associate executive director for Miracle Makers, the largest minority-owned, not-for-profit child and family services organization in New York.
Dr. Bell earned his Ph.D. in Social Welfare and his master’s of social work at Hunter College School of Social Work. He received a bachelor’s in biology and behavioral science from Delta State University.