| Families for Kids provides support
to foster families in Washington State through
our network of regional teams. Our primary
strategy is link foster parents together in four models: family
hubs, family mentorship, new
family buddies and support
groups. Our purpose
is to provide support, encouragement and accountability. These
four types of groups are encouraged to operate autonomously, as they
will be more successful if they drive their destiny.
We have provided more information on each of the foster
family support models below. If you would like to be invited
to one of our local groups please email us
or call our toll free number, 888.794.1794, for local contact information. |
In this model, foster families are organized in groups or "hubs" of
six to eight families.One family serves as the center of the hub. Each hub is
organized by type of care, i.e. therapeutic, grade school age, teens, medically
fragile, etc. The overall goal is to build a self-supporting group of foster
parents. To learn more, please download our Family
Hubs Fact Sheet.
In this model, experienced foster parents
or families are recruited to become mentors.
Mentors are recruited for there experience in a specific type of
care, i.e. therapeutic, grade school age, teens, medically fragile,
etc.The overall goal of
a mentor system is to provide families with an expertise in a particular
type of care. To learn more, please
download our Family
Mentorships Fact Sheet.
In this model, foster families are organized
in pairs of a veteran (two years or more) foster parent or family
with a new foster parent or family. One parent or family serves
as the facilitator. A buddy system consists of at least eight (8)
two-person teams of foster parents.Each pair is grouped by type of
care, i.e. therapeutic, grade school age, teens, medically fragile,
etc. The overall goal of a buddy system is to build a self-supporting
group of foster parents. To
learn more, please download our New Family Buddies
Fact Sheet.
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| To learn about family
hubs, mentors, new
family buddies and support
groups available in your local area, please visit our Local Information and Training pages. Just login and view the resources from the map on the main page. |
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