Kansas Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
"What you choose to do today will make a
lasting difference in the life of a child."
Our Mission
To empower, support and advocate for Kansas families by promoting safety, permanency, and well-being of our children.
Our Purpose
To support foster and adoptive families, relatives or caregivers who share parenting with the birth family while seeking to find permanence, safety, and stability for the child. These individuals are willing to provide a permanent connection for the child as the child reunifies with the birth family. They play an active role in linking the child to their past as well as guiding their future.
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The Kansas Foster & Adoptive Parent Association, in collaboration with the Kansas Family Advisory Network (KFAN), SRS, the Office of Judicial Administration and Children's Alliance, hosted its first annual conference on July 10 & 11, 2009 in Topeka, Kansas. The conference was titled Connecting the Dots: Kansas Families and Children. 33rd Annual Governor’s Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Award Nomination Criteria The Governor’s Conference Award will once again be bestowed to an individual and organization who has done exemplary work for the benefit of Kansas children. This is a high honor and should go to outstanding crusaders for children and families. The conference planning committee has flexibility in making their choice and may consider such things in evaluating service as impact, length, innovation, and direct child care; also the recipient(s) can work either as volunteers or paid staff members of an organization. This is a call to organizations and individuals to make a nomination for this award. The organization/individual should prepare some brief information stating their reasons for nominating an individual or organization. Nominations will be accepted until August 14, 2009 and voted on at the next committee meeting. Send nominations to Violence Advanced: Safe & Together is the follow-up training to the earlier Children & Domestic Violence: Successful Strategies offered over several years to SRS and Child Welfare Case Management Provider staff with great success. KCSDV and CFS continue their partnership on domestic violence, and are excited to follow up with this two-day course. This advanced level course will: Training for 2009 will be offered as follows: July 28 & 29 - Garden City SRS Service Center, 1710 Palace Dr, Garden City September 15 & 16 - Overland Park SRS Service Center, 8915 Lenexa Dr, Overland Park September 29 & 30 - Topeka SRS Service Center, 500 SW Van Buren, Topeka October 6 & 7 - Parsons SRS Service Center, 300 N. 17th St, Parsons October 28 & 29 - Eldorado SRS Service Center, Eldorado To register for this class, you will need to have completed Children & Domestic Violence: Successful Strategies, either by attending the earlier course OR by completing the new online version of that course available at CFS Training. For Child Welfare Case Management Provider Staff, you will need to register by e-mailing CFSTraining@srs.ks.gov. To save time, please send all of the following information: FREE Couples Retreat - Four Events This Year!
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Annual Conference A Success
This conference brought together birth families, foster, adoptive, and kinship families, families new to the child welfare system, and workers new to the system to share information and exchange ideas.
Training Opportunity - Domestic Violence Advanced: Safe & Together
August 18 & 19 - Wichita SRS Regional office, 230 E. William, Wichita
If you have adopted a child from the public child welfare system, you are invited to a FREE Couples Retreat. The Strong and Stable Families Project will host four retreats this year. The retreats start on Friday evening and end on Sunday afternoon. Lodging and meals are provided. Couples who attend all of the workshops will receive a $100 stipend to cover child care or travel costs. This is sponsored by the Strong and Stable Families Project at the University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare. To learn more or to sign up, please contact Bethany Roberts, Strong and Stable Families Project, at 785-864-0252 or via email at: bethanyr@ku.edu.
Casey Family Programs Funds Foster Parent College Scholarships
For a limited time, qualifying caregivers can receive prepaid Foster Parent College classes, courtesy of Casey Family Programs. Casey Family Programs Scholarships are available to self-registered foster, adoptive and kinship parents for whom the cost of parent training poses a financial challenge. Resource parents who do not receive FPC training units through their agency, and would like to enroll in classes, can apply for these scholarships. Recipients must already have a self-registered account. For those who are not registered, registration is free and easy. For additional details and to apply, visit FosterParentCollege.com.
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