About the Organization For the past 50 years, the Institute for Family Development (IFD) has been a leader in children and family services, advocating for cost-effective and equitable policies and programs that keep children safe and families together across the state of Washington. Today, they are seeking a caring and experienced Executive to lead the organization into its next chapter. The IFD programs decrease the need to place children into foster care, residential treatment, and juvenile justice facilities. Families are served in their own homes and are engaged as partners in change. IFD developed the evidence-based HOMEBUILDERS® model of intensive family preservation services, which has been replicated across the country and internationally. The Inst