A list of recommended resources, carefully curated for you by our experienced team.
Whether you’re a foster or adoptive parent, kinship caregiver, bio parent, social worker, former foster youth, or just someone who cares, there are resources here for you!
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Spring Break Camps & Activities
Spring Break looks different for foster families. While many families are planning trips and special outings, foster and kinship families are often navigating unexpected childcare needs, tight budgets, and the challenge of keeping work commitments—especially in homes with multiple children.
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Module 7: How To Help Foster Families
In this module, we share ways to support foster families and the youth in their care.
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Module 6: When Help Isn’t Helpful
In this module, we discuss things that are not helpful to foster families or the youth they serve.
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Module 5: What is Foster Care
In this module, we discuss what foster care is, including the people involved, the court process, and related topics.
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Module 4: Correcting Principles
In this module, we share the corrective principle of Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) and offer ideas for how to correct with connection in mind.
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Module 3: Empowering Principles
In this module, we share the empowering principle of Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) and provide tips and tools to empower children.
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Module 2: Connecting Principles
In this module, we share the connecting principle of rust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) and provide tips and tools for connecting with children.
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Module 1: How Trauma Affects a Child
In this training module, we cover how trauma affects the brain, adverse childhood experiences, the impact of fear, and introduce how Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) builds trust and felt-safety for kids in care.
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Fostering Front Door – Current Foster Parents
Current Foster Parents Licensed foster parents, come here to learn about how to prepare for a new placement, and dig into the “why” and “where” your support network is vital Read more
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No Matter Where I Go
No Matter Where I Go is one little girl’s story of foster care, but it reflects the experiences of the more than 400,000 children in the foster system at any given time. Follow Elena’s journey as she discovers that God’s love might look different at different times, but He always cares for her.
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Foster Friendly App Resource
America’s Kids Belong powers a Foster Friendly App that creates localized networks of support for kinship and foster families, linking them to helpful business discounts and welcoming, trauma-informed faith communities.
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Foster Friendly Podcast
If you’re like most people you don’t know a lot about foster care — and even less about the stories and needs of the 400,000 kids in the U.S. child-welfare Read more
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