Relative Placement

• Tailored Placement Services: Prioritizing relative placements to ensure children stay connected to their roots and cultural identity.

• Comprehensive Training: Equipping relatives with the tools and resources to care for children in foster care.

• Ongoing Support: Providing access to counseling, financial, assistance, and parenting resources

• Emotional Support: Offering counseling, peer support groups, and mentorship to help families navigate the challenges of fostering relatives.

• Ongoing Resources: Connecting families to financial assistance, parenting resources, and community programs to maintain stability.

• Reunification Advocacy: Helping families navigate the foster care system with a focus on reunifying children with their loved ones whenever possible.

The “Keeping Family” program is dedicated to ensuring children in foster care can remain connected to their roots by prioritizing placement with relatives or close family friends. We help maintain family bond, preserve cultural identity and provide children with a sense of stability and belonging in familiar environments.