EMPOWER, a nonprofit child welfare collaborative, is pleased to announce Randy Neff as Senior Vice President. EMPOWER is the Community-Based Contractor (CBC) for the Metroplex East region, a nine-county area in North Texas including Dallas, Grayson, Fannin, Collin, Hunt, Rockwall, Kaufman, Ellis and Navaro counties.
Neff began his child welfare career in 2002, with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). During his time with DFPS, he worked in the CVS Program, FBSS Program, Foster/Adopt Program, and was the Region 2 Program Administrator.
In 2014, Randy was honored with the Patsy Baggett Service Award from the Wichita County Child Welfare Board and was recognized as CPS Staff of the Year by the Advisory Committee for Promoting Adoption of Minority Children. Neff has a passion for improving outcomes for children and families, which led to him pursuing a role for 2Ingage within the organization’s Stage I of CBC in November of 2018. 2Ingage is a program of Texas Family Initiative and is the CBC contractor for Region 2 in Texas, a 30-county area that includes Wichita Falls and Abilene.
In Neff’s current role as Senior Vice President at EMPOWER, he will be responsible for managing and overseeing the organization working to meet the unique needs of children and families in the Metroplex East region
“I am excited to work alongside EMPOWER’s dedicated team and our incredible partners to create positive changes for the children and families in our community,” says Randy Neff, Senior Vice President, EMPOWER. “We are committed to providing foster children with the best care possible while continuing to raise awareness about the essential role that foster parents play in addressing the growing need for foster homes.”
The EMPOWER collaborative is led by Texas Family Initiative and is supported by local providers in North Texas, including CK Family Services, Jonathan’s Place, The Bair Foundation and Pathways Youth and Family Services.
There are many local children in foster care in need of a safe, loving place to call home. To learn more about how individuals and families can help these children in need, please visitwww.3empower.org.