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Office Hours:
Monday- Friday
8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Closed Weekends

Foster & Kinship Care Education Program

Our Mission:

The Foster and Kinship Care Education Program provides quality education and support opportunities to caregivers of children and youth in out-of-home care so that these providers may meet the educational, emotional, behavioral and developmental needs of children and youth.

"The More We Know, The More They Grow"

FKCE Guiding Values:

The development of the Foster and Kinship Care Education program is guided by the belief that children and youth will achieve their fullest potential when:

  • Children/youth feel they belong to families that are strong, safe and nurturing.
  • There is consistency in care.
  • Caregivers are qualified, caring and knowledgeable.
  • Caregivers are retained.
  • Caregivers are linked to and collaborate with community support services.
  • There is permanency that is in the best interest of the child.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE "CLASSES" LINK ON THE LEFT TOOLBAR TO VIEW THE NEWSLETTER AND DETAILED CLASS INFORMATION. WE HAVE ADDED 9 NEW SITE LOCATIONS AND 2 NEW SUPPORT GROUPS, AS WELL AS, NEW TRAINING TOPICS! WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A MAP OF THE SITES ON THE INSIDE BACK COVER OF THE NEWSLETTER.

• Please note that the San Juan Capistrano monthly group has been canceled.

• Parenting with a Purpose, presented by Allison Davis Maxon: Saturday, January 30th, 9-3:30 pm- complimentary lunch provided (Aliso Viejo Conference Center, 31 Santa Barbara Drive, Aliso Viejo 92656)

• Understanding the Child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (O.D.D.), presented by Margi McNelly: February 1st and 8th, 6:30-9:00 pm (Children and Family Services -A1003, 744 N. Eckhoff St. Rm. A1003, Orange 92868)
****** Please note the building change for this training******

• Attachment Parenting Series: Saturdays, February 6, 13, & 20, 8:00-3:00 pm (744 N. Eckhoff Auditorium, Orange 92868)
***** Site change for Series 2 and 3******

• Developmental Delay in Children in Foster/Kinship Care, presented by Lisa Tully and Sara Defuk: March 3rd, 6:30-9:30 pm (Saddleback College, 28000 Marguerite Pkwy., Mission Viejo 92692)

• Caring for the Prenatally Substance Exposed Child, presented by Bettyann Welland: April 12th and 19th, 6:30-9:00 pm (Saddleback Church, 1 Saddleback Parkway, Lake Forest 92630)

• Parenting of the Child, Youth, and Young Adult Impacted by Pre-natal Exposure, presented by Cynthia Roe: May 19th, 6:30-9:30 pm (Saddleback College, 28000 Marguerite Pkwy., Mission Viejo 92692)

• May 1, 2010: Annual Orange County Conference for Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Families: Knott Avenue Church, Anaheim

• PRIDE Training now being offered in South Orange County at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest. Please see the newsletter for dates and times.
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