Firefly Children and Family Alliance

Children’s Bureau and Families First have helped shape human services in Central Indiana. Each organization’s continued commitment to this work led to talks about joining forces to achieve economy of scale, provide complementary lines of service and leverage limited resources to ensure the continuation of quality services. The outcome of these meetings was a merger on April 21, 2021. In 2022, the organizations relaunched as Firefly Children and Family Alliance. Prior to the merger of Children’s Bureau and Families First, both organizations worked together for many years. Our story illustrates how social circumstances and the ideological underpinnings of caring for children and families have changed over our 185-year history and underlines our commitment to meet the needs of our clients and the community.