|
FOSTER
PARENTING |
| |
|
Family Connection
Newsletter |
|
|
|
Family to Family (F2F) |
|
The United States child welfare system faces serious
challenges that have been growing for more than a
decade. In response, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, in
consultation with community leaders and child welfare
practitioners nationwide, has developed a reform
initiative called Family to Family.
|
| |
|
Family to Family
includes principles, strategies, and tools to confront the real
problems faced by child welfare systems. These include:
|
|
|
-
strengthening the network of families available to care for
abused and neglected children in their own communities;
|
-
building partnerships with at-risk neighborhoods toward that
end; and
|
-
tracking outcomes for children and families, so that child
welfare systems can better learn from their experiences.
|
| |
| The
Annie E. Casey Foundation recently chose Macomb County as one of
its anchor sites for the Family to Family Initiative. |
| |
|
Warren Family Resource Network (SWFRN) |
|
WFRN
brochure |
|
Be a
Foster Parent brochure |
|
Community Representative brochure |
| |
| As the
Macomb County Family to Family program initiated, CARE was
contracted through the Macomb County Department of Human
Services to provide specific support services to the Warren Community. |
| |
| The
Warren Family Resource Network (WFRN)
was then developed and is a community collaborative of
supportive social services agencies and community
representatives who assist families from the Warren
community. The mission of WFRN is to strengthen and empower
Warren Families through prevention and intervention. |
| |
|
WFRN is lead by the Warren Community Specialist who is
responsible for coordinating Family to Family & SWFRN activity. |
| |
| The
Warren Community Specialist has a satellite office based
in Mt. Calvary Family Community Center in South Warren and can
be reached at 586.758.1253. |
| |
| WFRN
coordinates several events and activities for foster parents
throughout the year including the Foster Parent Club which meets
monthly for educational trainings at Mt. Calvary. |
| |
| Resources |
|
www.bigfamilyofmichigan.org – Help for children
awaiting adoption. |
|
www.cwti.org – Child Welfare Training Institute |
|
www.nfpainc.org – National Foster Parent Association |
| |
| |
|
Printer
Friendly Version |
