 | Our bi-monthly Town Hall series provides
license renewal training credits while covering
topics of interest to foster, adoptive
and kinship parents such as tax tips for foster and adoptive parents,
education issues for foster and adopted children, grief and loss for foster
families,
and pointers on how to navigate the various state systems involved in child
welfare. |
| Our
quarterly “Discussions with the Director” provide an opportunity for foster
and adoptive parents to provide input to the Arizona Department of Economic
Security in a two-hour discussion with the director of DES that is
broadcast statewide. |
| Our annual Blue Ribbon event in May
attracts more than 500 foster and adoptive families, CPS workers and licensing
workers to
recognize the nearly 10,000 children in the Arizona foster care system using
blue ribbons and the families that care for them.
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Established long term collaborative relationships with both local and national
partners such as Arizona Friends of Foster Children, Casey Family Programs,
and Major League Baseball!
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Development and implementation of a statewide foster and adoptive parent
mentor program. |
| The
annual “Courage for Children” Awards dinner that honors foster and adoptive
families for their loving care of children in Arizona’s foster care system. |
