Putting Families First Overview The Putting Families First Overview includes the transformation mission and vision, supporting research and examples of outstanding work happening across the state. A note about citations: Research within these documents is cited with a footnote or link in order to provide leaders with the latest, most valuable information. Putting Families First Mission and Vision Orientation to the Child Welfare System Research on Supporting Children and Families Together Preventing Removals and Investing in Prevention Wisconsin is Transforming!