"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." ~Jane Howard
Families come in all shapes and sizes but there is no denying the impact they have on our lives. They are there for you during your highs and lows in life. Unfortunately not all children are fortunate enough to have caring and supportive families and often times these same kids end up in foster care.
Too often kids that enter into the foster care system loose connections to any family members, friends or important persons from their lives before they entered the system. This is why family finding programs such as the ones run by our organization are so important. Our family finding program aims to help keep children in contact with people who were in their life before they entered foster care. Such as extended family members, teachers, coaches, etc. Case workers for these children do try and reach out to these children's families but they are usually more focused on finding placements. Our program serves as an extra means of support for both the case workers and the children. We focus on finding extended family members and friends that will serve as a support system for the kids, not necessarily to find a placement for them.
We instituted our program the year we were founded. It is modeled after the Family Finding program by Kevin Campbell founder of the Seneca Center. He created the strategy in 1999 and since then has inspired and helped many other organizations to implement similar programs such as the United Nations.
Here is a video that explains more about the family finding program at A Family For Every Child:
Too often kids that enter into the foster care system loose connections to any family members, friends or important persons from their lives before they entered the system. This is why family finding programs such as the ones run by our organization are so important. Our family finding program aims to help keep children in contact with people who were in their life before they entered foster care. Such as extended family members, teachers, coaches, etc. Case workers for these children do try and reach out to these children's families but they are usually more focused on finding placements. Our program serves as an extra means of support for both the case workers and the children. We focus on finding extended family members and friends that will serve as a support system for the kids, not necessarily to find a placement for them.
We instituted our program the year we were founded. It is modeled after the Family Finding program by Kevin Campbell founder of the Seneca Center. He created the strategy in 1999 and since then has inspired and helped many other organizations to implement similar programs such as the United Nations.
Here is a video that explains more about the family finding program at A Family For Every Child:
Other organizations that use similar family finding programs include the Children's Home Society in Charlotte N.C, EMQ Families First of California and the Children Service Society of Wisconsin. The Duke Endowment is also helping organizations in North Carolina by putting more than $3 million dollars towards research for family finding programs.
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