29 Ways Churches Can Support Foster and Adoptive Families
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- Meal Trains
- Ask for clothing sizes and provide them
- Diapers, wipes , and formula for infant placements
- Babysit
- Become a foster family
- Host a Parents' Night Out with trained care givers
- Host an Adoption Shower
- Duffel Bag Drive
- Do lawn care
- Clean the house
- Provide paper products
- Laundry
- Write a note
- Car maintenance
- Gift cards
- Be a helping hand for appointments or court
- Offer pew buddies
- Provide a foster care closet
- Offer support groups
- Provide respite care
- Make sure teachers receive trauma training
- Talk about what is and is not appropriate
- Encourage
- Pray
- Be a mentor
- Love the children
- Don't judge
- Treat children like members of the family
- Just keep asking - don't give up!
A foster/adoption/safe family support group
Meeting every 3rd Wednesday of the month
6:30pm in the Agape Room
Join us as we gather together and allow time to learn, grow, and support one another in the wonderful and life-changing commitment to foster, adopt, or be a part of our Safe Families for Children Program. Childcare will be available through our mid-week Calvary Kids Program.
For more information, you can also contact Kelly Bell at [email protected]
For more information, you can also contact Kelly Bell at [email protected]
Thank you to Kenny's Strawberry Farms for partnering with local foster families and providing a day of fun!
(Formally Safe Families For Children)
Parents experiencing a temporary crisis can arrange for their children (newborn through 18 years old) to stay with Olive Crest volunteers while they address the issues that led to the instability in their lives. Volunteers are supervised by their area church, which in turn is supported by professional child care specialists. Children are matched with families in their own community whenever possible, and placements average from one day to three months. During that time, caseworkers are available to provide volunteers with support and answer any questions they might have.
Volunteers open their homes to children whose parents are experiencing a short-term emergency, such as hospitalization, or a longer-term crisis, such as drug abuse. Designed to extend and strengthen the community safety net for families in crisis, this is a positive alternative to the state child welfare system, allowing parents to work out their problems without having to worry about losing custody of their children.
The program’s goal is to reunite children with their biological parent(s) in a home that is more stable and
healthy.
For more information, you can contact Paula Thompson at [email protected] or call 951-367-5248.
Parents experiencing a temporary crisis can arrange for their children (newborn through 18 years old) to stay with Olive Crest volunteers while they address the issues that led to the instability in their lives. Volunteers are supervised by their area church, which in turn is supported by professional child care specialists. Children are matched with families in their own community whenever possible, and placements average from one day to three months. During that time, caseworkers are available to provide volunteers with support and answer any questions they might have.
Volunteers open their homes to children whose parents are experiencing a short-term emergency, such as hospitalization, or a longer-term crisis, such as drug abuse. Designed to extend and strengthen the community safety net for families in crisis, this is a positive alternative to the state child welfare system, allowing parents to work out their problems without having to worry about losing custody of their children.
The program’s goal is to reunite children with their biological parent(s) in a home that is more stable and
healthy.
For more information, you can contact Paula Thompson at [email protected] or call 951-367-5248.
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