{"id":36162,"date":"2020-01-13T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caseyfamilyv2.wpengine.com\/?p=36162"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:26:19","slug":"antiguos-alumnos-de-la-familia-ceca-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/es\/ceca-family-alumni-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Casey Excellence for Children Awards Family and Alumni Honorees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fresh-image overflow-x-hidden wp-block-fresh-image\">\n            <div class=\"fresh-image__align flex justify-center\">\n                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3600\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CECA-online-header-prpl-scaled.png\" class=\"fresh-image__img h-auto w-full object-cover\" alt=\"Casey Excellence for Children Awards\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CECA-online-header-prpl-scaled.png 3600w, https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CECA-online-header-prpl-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CECA-online-header-prpl-1024x201.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CECA-online-header-prpl-768x151.png 768w, https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CECA-online-header-prpl-1536x301.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CECA-online-header-prpl-2048x402.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CECA-online-header-prpl-18x4.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3600px) 100vw, 3600px\" data-copyright=\"\" data-headline=\"Casey Excellence for Children Awards\" data-description=\"\" \/>\n              <\/div>\n     <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-warm-ceramic padding-top padding-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/?p=32734\"> AWARDS HOME PAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ceca-top-fa\" class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"image-grid backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block back-warm-ceramic margin-bottom padding-top padding-bottom wp-block-image-grid content-section light overflow-x-hidden\">\n <div class=\"overflow-x-hidden\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5 text-center\">\n <h2>Meet the 2020 Family and Alumni Honorees<\/h2>\n <div class=\"text-salt-box mb-9 inline-block w-full sm:max-w-[600px] lg:w-[830px]\"><p>These awards recognize those foster care alumni, birth parents, kinship caregivers and resource parents who have demonstrated extraordinary efforts on behalf of those involved in child welfare.<\/p>\n<p>Select the photo below to read more about this year&#8217;s honorees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <ul class=\"list-none mx-auto grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-x-0 gap-y-[32px] md:gap-x-[64px] md:gap-y-[32px] lg:gap-x-[32px] xl:gap-x-[64px] lg:gap-y-[64px] xl:gap-y-[84px] xl:gap-y-[96px]\">\n  <li class=\"text-center hidden md:block\">\n <a  href=\"#birth-mother\"  target=\"\" class=\"bg-ceramic card stealthy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BREJEA-COLTHIRST-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"mx-auto my-[35px] lg:my-[25px] xl:my-[50px] w-full object-cover\" \/>\n <div class=\"label !text-md -mt-2 pt-0 pb-7 px-8 md:px-6 lg:px-7 text-black\">Brejea &#8220;Bre&#8221; Colthirst<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/li>\n  <li class=\"text-center hidden md:block\">\n <a  href=\"#birth-father\"  target=\"\" class=\"bg-ceramic card stealthy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EDWIN-DAY-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"mx-auto my-[35px] lg:my-[25px] xl:my-[50px] w-full object-cover\" \/>\n <div class=\"label !text-md -mt-2 pt-0 pb-7 px-8 md:px-6 lg:px-7 text-black\">Edwin Daye<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/li>\n  <li class=\"text-center hidden md:block\">\n <a  href=\"#foster-adoptive-parent\"  target=\"\" class=\"bg-ceramic card stealthy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MEL-LAMBERT-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"mx-auto my-[35px] lg:my-[25px] xl:my-[50px] w-full object-cover\" \/>\n <div class=\"label !text-md -mt-2 pt-0 pb-7 px-8 md:px-6 lg:px-7 text-black\">Mel Lambert<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/li>\n  <li class=\"text-center hidden md:block\">\n <a  href=\"#kinship\"  target=\"\" class=\"bg-ceramic card stealthy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/VICTORA-GREY-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"mx-auto my-[35px] lg:my-[25px] xl:my-[50px] w-full object-cover\" \/>\n <div class=\"label !text-md -mt-2 pt-0 pb-7 px-8 md:px-6 lg:px-7 text-black\">Victoria Gray<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/li>\n  <li class=\"text-center hidden md:block\">\n <a  href=\"#alumni\"  target=\"\" class=\"bg-ceramic card stealthy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/VICTOR-SIMS-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"mx-auto my-[35px] lg:my-[25px] xl:my-[50px] w-full object-cover\" \/>\n <div class=\"label !text-md -mt-2 pt-0 pb-7 px-8 md:px-6 lg:px-7 text-black\">Victor Sims<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/li>\n   <li class=\"text-center md:hidden\">\n <a  target=\"\" class=\"bg-ceramic card stealthy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"mx-auto my-[35px] lg:my-[25px] xl:my-[50px] w-full object-cover\" \/>\n <div class=\"label !text-md -mt-2 pt-0 pb-7 px-8 md:px-6 lg:px-7 text-black\"><\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n <br\/>\n <br\/>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"birth-mother\" class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top padding-top\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n  <div class=\"preheader\"><span>2020 Birth Mother Honoree<\/span><\/div>\n \n   <h2>Brejea &#8220;Bre&#8221; Colthirst<\/h2>\n  \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p>Brejea \u201cBre\u201d Colthirst is a mother of three sons and a grandmother of one grandson. She successfully navigated the child welfare system and was reunited with her son Love in 2008, which led her to become a parent advocate for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abetterwayinc.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Better Way Inc.<\/a>, helping families in the child welfare system. She was recruited by the\u00a0<a class=\"span-at-316 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eastbayfamilydefenders.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Bay Family Defenders<\/a>\u00a0for a newly created position as the founding senior defense parent advocate. Ms. Colthirst has been an active parent leader with Casey Family Programs\u2019 Multidisciplinary Teams Program and on Casey\u2019s Birth Parent Advisory Committee. She plays a major role in helping to expand parent voices in child welfare systems reform by raising awareness about the importance of strengthening and supporting families nationwide through parent advocacy programs and linking them to community resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"featured-video is-style-simple wp-block-featured-video\">\n  <div class=\"my-[100px] text-revolver\">\n    <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n      \n      <div class=\"embed\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brejea Colthirst, 2020 Casey Excellence for Children Birth Mother Award Honoree\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/3ZOdbf_A-1Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"#ceca-top-fa\"><strong>BACK TO TOP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"qff_disclaimer align wp-block-disclaimer content-section\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-0 md:px-5\">\n <div class=\"qff_disclaimer__wrapper text-salt-box text-xs font-sofiapro border-t-2 border-spring-wood\">\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"birth-father\" class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top padding-top\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n  <div class=\"preheader\"><span>2020 Birth Father Honoree<\/span><\/div>\n \n   <h2>Edwin Daye<\/h2>\n  \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p><span style=\"color: #6c221d;\"><strong>IOWA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Edwin Daye is a father who is raising his teenage son, Patron, and nine other children with his girlfriend. The couple adopted his niece and nephew and plan to adopt more family members. Mr. Daye is employed as a parent partner with\u00a0<a class=\"span-at-233 inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cfiowa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Children and Families of Iowa<\/a>.\u00a0In his younger years, he served prison time due to gang involvement and substance abuse. Upon release, he learned that he had a newborn son addicted to drugs who was to be placed in foster care. He gained custody of his son in less than a year by working two jobs and completing a case plan, which included substance abuse treatment, Narcotics Anonymous meetings, counseling, court hearings, parenting classes and regular visitations. He established \u201cPatron\u2019s House\u201d in 2012 to provide single fathers with support while working to regain custody of their children. The program offers housing, visitation assistance and employment counseling, as well as support during court hearings. He shares his story with other fathers to encourage and provide them with hope.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"featured-video is-style-simple wp-block-featured-video\">\n  <div class=\"my-[100px] text-revolver\">\n    <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n      \n      <div class=\"embed\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Edwin Daye, 2020 Casey Excellence for Children Birth Father Award Honoree\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/oEjECCu44Ts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"#ceca-top-fa\"><strong>BACK TO TOP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"qff_disclaimer align wp-block-disclaimer content-section\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-0 md:px-5\">\n <div class=\"qff_disclaimer__wrapper text-salt-box text-xs font-sofiapro border-t-2 border-spring-wood\">\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"foster-adoptive-parent\" class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top padding-top\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n  <div class=\"preheader\"><span>2020 Foster\/Adoptive Parent Honoree<\/span><\/div>\n \n   <h2>Mel Lambert<\/h2>\n  \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p><span style=\"color: #6c221d;\"><strong>MASSACHUSETTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mel Lambert has been a resource to children in foster care for more than a decade, beginning as a visiting resource and mentor through the Big Brother\/Big Sister program, then launching a therapeutic program that brought ponies to foster group homes throughout Massachusetts and ultimately becoming a foster parent herself. In 2015, she opened\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinefarmsanctuary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunshine Farm Sanctuary<\/a>,\u00a0whose mission is to help heal children who have experienced trauma and are in the state\u2019s foster care system. Each week, 80 to 100 children visit the farm. She continues a close relationship with each child even after they are no longer in the foster care system and says they are always welcome back at the farm no matter where their journey may take them. Ms. Lambert also has served as a resource for people throughout the United States asking for help to start their own therapeutic program for children in care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"featured-video is-style-simple wp-block-featured-video\">\n  <div class=\"my-[100px] text-revolver\">\n    <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n      \n      <div class=\"embed\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mel Lambert, 2020 Casey Excellence for Children Foster or Adoptive Parent Award Honoree\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PYMO0QWMPrg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"#ceca-top-fa\"><strong>BACK TO TOP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"qff_disclaimer align wp-block-disclaimer content-section\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-0 md:px-5\">\n <div class=\"qff_disclaimer__wrapper text-salt-box text-xs font-sofiapro border-t-2 border-spring-wood\">\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"kinship\" class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top padding-top\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n  <div class=\"preheader\"><span>2020 Kinship Caregiver Honoree<\/span><\/div>\n \n   <h2>Victoria Gray<\/h2>\n  \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p><span style=\"color: #6c221d;\"><strong>ARIZONA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Victoria Gray has many years of experience as a grandparent raising her grandchildren and as a licensed foster parent. She and her husband have cared for 41 children as foster parents and have been raising their seven grandchildren since 2007. Most recently, Mrs. Gray founded the nonprofit GreyNickel, Inc., which aids kinship families during the critical first days of a new placement. Through the nonprofit, she conducts home visits with new kinship families immediately after children come into their care. She serves as a steering committee member with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azga.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona Grandparent Ambassadors<\/a>\u00a0(AZGA). As a member of AZGA, Mrs. Gray was instrumental in the passage of a 2016 Arizona bill that overturned the \u201cgrandmother penalty,\u201d which prohibited kinship families from qualifying for Arizona\u2019s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. In 2017 she received the Brookdale Foundation Grandfamilies Award from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Generations United<\/a>\u00a0to honor her work on behalf of these families. In 2019 she received a special commendation from the first lady of Arizona for her work helping kinship families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"featured-video is-style-simple wp-block-featured-video\">\n  <div class=\"my-[100px] text-revolver\">\n    <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n      \n      <div class=\"embed\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Victoria Gray, 2020 Casey Excellence for Children Kinship Caregiver Award Honoree\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/TcoecmX7Gxk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"#ceca-top-fa\"><strong>BACK TO TOP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"qff_disclaimer align wp-block-disclaimer content-section\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-0 md:px-5\">\n <div class=\"qff_disclaimer__wrapper text-salt-box text-xs font-sofiapro border-t-2 border-spring-wood\">\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"alumni\" class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top padding-top\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n  <div class=\"preheader\"><span>2020 Alumni Honoree<\/span><\/div>\n \n   <h2>Victor Sims<\/h2>\n  \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p><span style=\"color: #6c221d;\"><strong>FLORIDA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Victor Sims grew up in Florida\u2019s foster care system without the stability of a permanent home and supportive family. Mr. Sims works as a program supervisor at SailFuture in St. Petersburg, Florida, and is active as an advocate for children in foster care. From his work helping to improve children\u2019s experiences when they are removed from their parents to his TEDx Talk on the importance of social capital for youth in care, Mr. Sims is focused on bringing about positive changes to the foster care system. In addition to serving on the National Foster Youth and Alumni Policy Council and the Center for Social Policy, he has met with legislators in support of the Family First Prevention Services Act. In June 2019, he was recognized by the American Bar Association as a Reunification Hero. 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