Foster Care Education
Designed to train and support those caring for children in foster care. Shasta College offers short classes on parenting, trauma, abuse and neglect, substance exposure and more.
Foster & Kinship Care Education
The Foster and Kinship Care Education Program provides quality education and support to the caregivers of children in out-of-home care, helping these caregivers to meet the emotional, behavioral and developmental needs of the children in their care.
The more we know, the more they grow!
Providing free classes for Resource Families in Shasta, Tehama and Siskiyou Counties. These FKCE classes are designed for Resource Families to understand the Child Welfare System, learn about trauma, abuse and neglect, and to develop the specialized parenting skills needed to care for children from hard places.
Resource Family Approval Orientation
Please view the Orientation below without distraction. It is 34 minutes long and you will be expected to know what is presented should you decide to proceed with an RFA Application. You may pause the video at any time to take notes. Taking notes is recommended.
Trainings
Whether you are new to foster parenting or an experienced veteran, are a related caregiver, or are looking to become an adoptive parent, the Foster and Kinship Care Education Program provides free classes to enhance your parenting skills and increase your understanding of the system and youth in foster care.
Training topics include:
- How to be a trauma informed healing parent
- Preparing Resource and Adoptive families to care for children in the Child Welfare System
- Understanding the issues related to Reunification, Permanency Planning and Emancipation
- Preparing families to care for children exposed to drugs and alcohol
- Addressing the special needs of children in the Child Welfare System
- Working with the Child Welfare System, birth parents and the Courts
- Understanding the effects of abuse, neglect and trauma in children
- Knowing community resources and how to access them
- Understanding the experience of loss and grief in children
RFA Pre-Approval Training Resources
- RFA Written Directives Version 8
- Video Camera Agreement Form (PDF)
- Foster Youth Mental Health Bill of Rights (PDF)
- Know Your Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights (PDF)
- Suspected Child Abuse Report (fillable) (PDF)
- Resource Family Approval Statement Acknowledging Requirement to Report Child Abuse
- CA Penal Code 11165.7 - "Mandated reporter"; Training
- CA Penal Code 11166 - Duty to report; Mandated reporters; Punishment for violation
- CA Penal Code 11167 - Required Info.; Confidentiality of reporter's identity; Advising individual of complaint or allegations
- Resource Family Criminal Record Statement
- Agency - Foster Parents Agreement
- JV-290 - Caregiver Information Form (PDF)
- JV-290-INFO - Instruction Sheet for Caregiver Information Form (PDF)
- JV-285 - Relative Information (fillable) (PDF)
- Child's Personal Rights (PDF)
- Centrally Stored Medication and Destruction Record
- Appraisal / Needs and Services Plan (PDF)
- Pre-Placement Questionnaire (PDF)
- Unusual Incident / Injury Report (PDF)
- Resource Family Emergency Procedures (PDF)
- Caregiver Clothing Guide (PDF)
- Clothing Inventory (PDF)
- Emergency Plan List (PDF)
- Foster Youth Resources Contact List (PDF)
- Records Requirement - Section 11-07 (PDF)
- Juvenile Dependency Flow Chart (PDF)
- Resource Parent Guide (PDF)
- CA Clean Indoor Air Laws
- Caregivers & the Courts (PDF)
Many questions and emotions may arise:
- Can I afford another dependent?
- How do I deal with the trauma, abuse or neglect the child has experienced?
- How do I deal with the child's birth parents now that the child is placed in my home?
- How will caring for the child(ren) change my family dynamics?
- How do I deal with my feelings of guilt and/or loss?
- Should I pursue guardianship or adoption?
- How do I cope with a child returning to their birth parents, even if I am happy about the reunification?
Contact Us
Email
Contact Sheri Wiggins
Department
Student Services
Phone
(530) 395-8546
Location
Downtown Redding Campus | 1401 California Street, Room 9208 | Redding, CA 96001