RESOURCES FOR FOSTER CARE MINISTRY

CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF CAREGIVERS - Advocacy resource for foster parents 

ADVOKIDS - Advocacy, Access, Accountability for CA Foster Children

AG FOSTER CARE NETWORK/COMPACT - A foster care ministry network and resource agent for Assembly of God Churches

FOSTER THE CITY - A foster care ministry focused on encouraging churches to raise up foster parents and support partners.

HELP ONE CHILD - A ministry that partners with churches to strengthen families impacted by foster care and adoption

FOR THE KIDS - Royal Family Kids Camp & Teen Reach- Camps for foster kids that churches can partner with.

MORE THAN ENOUGH - A national ministry to help cultivate foster care ministry in the local church.

CHAPLAIN TED - Chaplain Ted Stackpole provides great training resources for foster families.

THE ALLIANCE - A Network of agencies, nonprofits, businesses, and churches working together to help those impacted by foster care.

CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS - Leading national organization that inspires & equips the Church to care for vulnerable children & families.

THE FORGOTTEN INITIATIVE - A website dedicated to helping churches facilitate foster care ministries in their local church.

THE FORGOTTEN PODCAST - A podcast the talks about how to best advocate for those who feel forgotten in your community,

JUST NEIGHBORS - Just Neighbors talks with leaders, pastors, and practitioners about how to live a life of biblical justice and compassion.

TBRI PODCAST -  Podcast where experts discuss implementation and care based on TBRI.

MORE THAN ENOUGH PODCAST - The podcast connects you to people, ideas, and tools that will help you and your community work together. 

THE FOSTERING CHURCH PODCAST - This limited series podcast is specifically designed to help you grow your church’s foster care ministry 

JASON JOHNSON BLOG - Jason is a writer and speaker who encourages families and equips church and organizational leaders on their foster care and adoption journeys.

FOSTER THE FAMILY - One mom's light-hearted musings and heavier broodings on foster care, gospel-centered parenting, and mission-focused family.

SMALL TOWN, BIG MIRACLE - The story of a small church that adopted 77 kids

THE CONNECTED CHILD - TBRI based resource from the research of Dr. Karyn Purvis

PARENTING THROUGH FOSTER AND ADOPTION - This resource offers biblical wisdom on parenting foster and adopted children.

HOPE AND HEALING - Understand how to parent children with a history of trauma

LOVE AND LOSS IN FOSTER CARE - Learn to navigate the fear, heartache, & joy inherent to the uncertain journey of foster care & adoption.

WHY CHILDREN NEED FAMILIES - Explore why children do best in families & how it might look for vulnerable kids to be cared for in families

FAITH TO FOSTER - A  family shares their journey of foster care—the joys and challenges. They encourage readers to consider how God might be calling them to come alongside hurting children.

REFRAMING FOSTER CARE- Filtering your foster care journey through the lens of the gospel. It contains group discussion questions attached to each chapter so it can be used in a group setting.

FINDING YOUR FIT IN FOSTER CARE - This handy guide will help you connect them to how their gifts, personality, and experiences can make the biggest difference in foster care

THE FOSTER CARE PRAYER GUIDE - The Foster Care Prayer Guide equips you with prayer requests to do just that on behalf of kids and families in your community

SOUND OF HOPE (PG13) - The true story of a church in East Texas, in which 22 families adopted 77 children

CAMP - A well done movie based on stories from Royal Family Kids Camp- a ministry to foster kids.

INSTANT FAMILY (PG13) - A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.

A SERVANT'S HEART: SUPPORTING ADOPTIVE AND FOSTER FAMILIES - This resource helps individuals and churches understand how to rightly care for the adoptive and foster families in their community. 

FOSTER CARE MYTHBUSTERS - Breaking Down The Myths and Barriers To Becoming A Foster Parent

FOSTERING HOPE - The Role of Church Supporting Foster Families

FOSTER CARE AND SEX TRAFFICKING - Why Children and Teens in Foster Care are More Likely to Be Trafficked

FOSTER YOUTH AND HOMELESSNESS -  The connection between youth in foster care and homelessness.

MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT FOSTER PARENTING - It's true that many foster children act out, but there are reasons for their behaviors.

AMERICAN FOSTER CARE CRISIS - There are four primary stages of foster care: investigation, removal, placement and permanency.

IF GOD AND THE CHURCH DON'T HELP - We look forward to the day when every church does something to help children and families in our nation's foster care system

WHAT FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION TAUGHT ME ABOUT LIFE - 10 lessons that I've learned through fostering and adoption.

THE BIBLICAL MANDATE TO CARE - Jesus' clear mandate regarding care for the vulnerable should motivate us to serve the needs of children within the foster care system

BEAUTY FROM BROKENNESS - Each of our five adopted children experienced extreme early childhood trauma before entering foster care and becoming part of our family

CAPACITY AND STABILITY - On the surface, the crisis in our foster care system seems easy to resolve, however, this would be true only if a lack of foster homes were the only problem in the system.

CHILD WELFARE INFORMATION GATEWAY - National Foster Care and Adoption Directory

NEVADA STATE FOSTER CARE - Nevada state information and resources

CALIFORNIA STATE FOSTER CARE - California state information and resources