Benefits & Services

Program Benefits

• Quality education for resource parents 
• Community resources through strong collaboration with community agencies and local schools
• On-going state and county required renewal hours of training
• Variety of classes and topics in both English and Spanish that meet Resource Family Approval (RFA), Special Care Increment (SCI), and Whole Foster Family Home annual renewal training requirements as well as Specialized Training Requirements
• Expert trainers/presenters 

Who Can Participate?

Resource Parents are defined as:

• County foster parents and kinship caregivers
• Nonrelative extended family members
• Kinship /relative care providers 

Services We Provide (in Both English and Spanish)

• Special Care Increment (SCI) 12-hour core pre-service classes
• RFA annual renewal training
• Specialized Training
• Whole Foster Family Home (W-rate) Training
• Higher Education Training (Turning Dreams into Degrees)