FosterAll

FosterAlls Foster Care Program engages communities of all faiths in Southern California in the service of foster care. Partnering with over 400 faith communities, FosterAll provides awareness and education of foster care, recruits prospective resource (foster) parents and involves the faith partners in a multitude of support activities and events for youth and families in foster care. FosterAll recruits hundreds of parents annually and guides them through the foster approval process and throughout their foster journey.

The Family Support Program encompasses services for prospective resource parents, fostering families and the children and youth in foster care. FosterAlls program consists of individual support through the foster approval process, monthly support groups and events, a parent coaching program and summer camps for youth. The monthly support groups provide the opportunity for fostering families to learn more about the system, to secure resources and have emotional support from professionals and other foster parents. FosterAlls professional team facilitates the groups. Additionally, the Support Department has instituted the WisdomPath Way Reparative Parenting Program (WPW) in partnership with Dr. Kate Messina. WPW is an evidence-informed, therapeutic parent-child coaching model for resource and adoptive parents who have children with childhood trauma or who are having emotional, behavioral or cognitive challenges. FosterAll also conducts a summer therapeutic camp for children with rescue dogs in partnership with Hilary Swank and a weekend camp with LA County Department of Children and Family Services for foster teens to learn about safe and healthy adult connections.