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Resources for families during the COVID-19 pandemic

ABOUT US

What We Believe

The Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents was founded in 2003 to serve the foster, adoptive and kinship families who care for Arizona’s most vulnerable children. We are all volunteers, and all foster and adoptive parents.

We believe there is strength in numbers, and in speaking with one voice for Arizona’s foster and adoptive families. Please join us and help to make all of us stronger and better in our service to the children in Arizona!

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AZAFAP invites all foster, adoptive and kinship families to join our Association for FREE. Premier memberships, that include extra member benefits, are available per couple or individual membership.

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MEMBERS

Working in partnership with child welfare professionals and the community, our purpose is to support, educate, empower and provide a unified voice for Arizona’s foster and adoptive families, with the goal of increasing the well-being and stability of Arizona’s most vulnerable children.

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OUR RECENT POSTS

Whose Journey is this?

by Cathy Tompkins, MA | June 4, 2020 | Thoughts for Families, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Off my chest Whose journey is this? Who is the traveler and who are the attendants on their journey? We have a responsibility not only to these hurting children and their families but also to the systems and institutions that contributed to their marginalization and...

Too Much Togetherness?

by Cathy Tompkins, MA | May 6, 2020 | Thoughts for Families | 0 Comments

The longer this stay at home situation is necessary the more likely our coping mechanisms will get stretched thin. AZAFAP Happy Hour happens every Friday at 9 if you need a friendly face or understanding ear. I host them from the comfort of my couch. Watch your email...

Life as We Know It

by Cathy Tompkins, MA | April 7, 2020 | Thoughts for Families, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

There is so much contrast between how each of us is experiencing this COVID19 shut down. I’m sitting at my breakfast table watching my grandchildren play in the backyard now that the weather has turned spring like here in Flagstaff. I have already placed a grocery...

If Only

by Cathy Tompkins, MA | March 9, 2020 | Thoughts for Families | 0 Comments

Family Camp means different things to different people. For the children, it can mean the company of others whose journey parallels their own. For parents, it can mean the very same thing. But for some, family camp can be a reality check. AZAFAP provides these...

Keeping Track

by Cathy Tompkins, MA | February 10, 2020 | Thoughts for Families | 0 Comments

I have been responsible for the oversight and management of large groups and small groups of employees over the span of my career. Many years ago I coined the term “quirk dynamics” to describe this experience. Diversity in the workplace brings many gifts but it also...

Years Serving Families

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events in 2019

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Location: 3110 East Thunderbird Rd., Suite 110
Phoenix, AZ 85032

Phone: 602-884-1801

Fax: 602-274-4384

Email: info@azafap.org

AZAFAP Hours: M-F: 8:30am - 4:30pm

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