Program areas at Raise A Child Incorporated
Raise A Child, inc. Recruits, educates, and nurtures supportive relationships equally with all prospective foster and adoptive parents while partnering with agencies to improve the process of advancing children in the foster system to safe, loving, and permanent homes. The 501(c)(3) organizations mission is building loving families for children in the foster system. Raise A childs vision is to be the nationwide leader in the recruitment and support of lgbtq and all prospective parents interested in building families through fostering and adopting to meet the needs of the over 437,000 children in the foster care system. As of this date, raiseachild is serving A database of over 23,000 current and prospective foster and adoptive individuals and families.raise A childs activities include findingand then supportingpeople who are interested in becoming foster/adoptive parents. As A result, raiseachild advances foster and adoptive parents from inquiry to finish training at A rate that is four times greater than the national average. Raise A Child works with its partner agencies to design, produce and manage multimedia advertising and outreach campaigns through social media, radio, television, and outdoor advertising that promotes family building to A broad spectrum of prospective foster and adoptive parents.
Parent advocate program: the Raise A Child parent advocate program is A unique complementary service designed to advance prospective foster and adoptive parents with their family building goals. This program includes personal mentor services, A nationwide referral network, and proprietary software case management program that enables raiseachild to follow and support parents throughout the process. From orientation to training and throughout the Child matching process, Raise A childs parent advocates assist with concerns and questions.
Educational programs: Raise A Child produces foster and adoption informational programs to support, educate, and motivate prospective parents. These events feature A diverse panel of parents who share their foster and adoption experience and advice with new prospective parents.