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GET INVOLVEDNFPA has an important mission to support the care givers of our nation's most vulnerable children and youth. What can you do?
| WALK ME HOMEWalk Me Home.... to the place I belong is the signature fund-raising and awareness event for foster care in America. We know not everyone can be a foster parent, but Walk Me Home is a great way to support the over 437,000 children in foster care. This year thousands and thousands of walkers will participate in Walk Me Home events across the country, raising funds to support the life changing programs and activities of foster care associations throughout the United States. Learn more about how to get involved here. | ABOUT NFPAThe National Foster Parent Association is a non-profit, volunteer organization established in 1972 as a result of the concerns of several independent groups that felt the country needed a national organization to meet the needs of foster families in the United States. This mission of the NFPA is to be a respected national voice for foster, kinship, and adoptive families through networking, education, and advocacy. |
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annual education conferenceJoin the National Foster Parent Association in partnership with the Florida State Foster and Adoptive Parent Association at our national learning conference for foster, kinship, and adoptive parents, and child welfare professionals. Get all the details here!
Why attend? Great learning opportunity; Meet parents from all over the United States; Receive your training hours; Visit sunny Orlando with various entertainment options; and it is a great value!! |
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| Helen Stone ScholarshipThe Helen Stone Memorial Scholarship is awarded to ten current foster, adoptive, or kinship caregivers to provide assistance in attending the National Foster Parent Association Education Conference. Each scholarship is worth $500 to be used for expenses in attending the conference June 28 - July 1, 2018, in Orlando, Florida. Deadline to apply is April 27, 2018 and scholarships will be awarded by May 18, 2018. The funds will be available to you after you have paid the registration fee and arrived at the conference. Apply today |
Resources for foster parentsYou are not alone. The National Foster Parent Association provides a number of resources to help you along your foster care journey. |
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| Happy New Year: A Letter from the NFPA President As the NFPA prepares to enter 2018 I want to thank each of you for reminding us daily of our purpose, to advocate for parents; foster parents, kinship parents, adoptive parents, the children in their care and former foster youth make up the core of what the NFPA begins every day focused on. To that end, we have brought on several new board members with skills, experiences, and expertise to broaden our outreach and assure that we have the best people working to provide the most successful outcomes for those we represent. Read More >> |
| A Self-Directed Workbook for Foster Parents The National Foster Parent Association, in partnership with Hazelle Tanag, MSW and Dr. Eileen Mayers Pasztor, DSW, is proud to introduce Building Bridges of Hope After Loss: A Self-Directed Workbook for Foster Parents. This resource uses a self-directed design so that foster parents can work with this resource on their own, with other members of their families and/or other social workers or other service providers. This workbook includes both activities and resources for future support. |
| The Foster Hero Series Benefits the NFPA Green Frog Publishing is excited to announce that teacher and author S. T. Santos will donate $1 for every paperback from the Foster Heroes Series sold on Amazon. A collection of four heart-warming books, the Foster Heroes Series includes Mom’s Gone…, Mama se ha ido… Dad’s Sad… and the Foster Heroes Series Journal and Coloring book. Shop the List >> |
| Her Story Wasn't Just of Abuse. It Was Slavery. A call the day before Christmas Eve informed one foster mother in Oklahoma about a sixteen-year-old girl in need of a family in time for the holidays. She had been waiting in a shelter for a family as parental rights had just been terminated when neither of her parents attended any court hearings. Her circumstances were unique, though, because she wasn’t picked up by child welfare because of abuse by her parents. She was picked up from a hospital, who called caseworkers when no parents were willing or able to care for her. Read More >> |
| Training | Trauma Informed Parenting |
| Training | Noncompliance and Defiance |
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