Families For Children

read moreIn 1988, long-time child welfare advocates Terilyn and Andrew Henderson assembled a group of social workers, parents, community leaders and educators to discuss a better way of healing the devastating wounds of child maltreatment. At the time, abused and neglected children were being institutionalized due to the lack of quality foster care. Many children spent all of their childhood years moving from foster home to foster home. We felt it was necessary to move beyond traditional foster care. It was determined that foster parents needed culturally relevant training, easier access to mental health services and significantly more social and educational support for children who were in foster care.

read moreFamilies For Children is a foster family treatment agency. We recruit, train and certify foster parents. FFC has trained and certified hundreds of foster parents. We provide relevant, results based training that gives the foster parent hands on tools to work with abused and neglected children. FFC recognizes the importance of foster parent support. Foster parenting, while ultimately rewarding, can be challenging. We support our foster parents through on-going in-service training, special recreational events, and a personally assigned social worker.