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In-Service Training & Certification Program

IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Fostering Our Future Academy (FOFA) is a competency-based professional in-service training program for Foster Families and child welfare professionals. Monthly in-service modules provide up to 15 training hours per annum from leading subject matter experts in the community-based child welfare movement.

FOFA training hours qualify for annual foster home licensing renewal.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

  • A Seat at the Table: Advocacy & Permanency

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)

  • Advocacy

  • Building Bridges Back Home

  • Case Management

  • Foster Parents & the Law

  • From Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) to Permanency

  • Intake and Placement of Children

  • Mental Health & Psychotropic Medications

  • Positive Parenting

  • Role of the Guardian At Litem

  • Role of the Child Protective Investigator

  • Siblings in Foster Care

  • The Impact of Trauma

  • Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Training

  • Working together with Biological Families

  • Working within the Professional Team on Behalf of the Child

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