We had a great “official” kick off at our new meeting space at Central Church of Christ for April! While we had our first meeting in March with our Family Movie Night, our April meeting was the first regular training meeting that included childcare for our families. We had 31 adults and 51 children registered!!

With the help of Central Church of Christ & Fostering Roots Foundation, we wonderful volunteers for our childcare. Things went as smoothly as possible for the first run. Rodney Keeton, Youth Minister with Central COC and TBRI Practitioner presented no the basics of TBRI with his unique “reversed” presentation.

We can’t wait to see you on May 9th as we have Shannon McElroy, LICSW-S, PIP, EMDRPT-I with Mended Being Counseling come and speak on “Trauma & the Brain.” RSVP Link coming soon on our Facebook page and via REMIND. See you there!

Registration open for our meeting on 4/18/24 at Central Church of Christ: https://forms.gle/q9eukVE9noZwUgtf6.

We are pushing from our normal 2nd Thursday to the 3rd Thursday of April as we begin our first meeting offering childcare at our new location. Rodney Keeton, Youth Minister with Central & TBRI Practitioner will be presenting on the basics of TBRI with a Q&A at the end.

Foster families, you will gain 1.5 CEU towards your license. Free childcare & dinner with those that RSVP. Registration will close Monday, April 15th for both childcare & food. For more information, check out https://mcfapa.life/meetings.

If you would like to donate to help us continue supporting you, please head to https://bit.ly/40vZagE. 

Madison County Foster Parents, we need your feedback! Now is your time to express your concerns regarding anything throughout your foster care experience. We are gathering feedback, especially concerns that are happening more often, to present to Madison County DHR to work on plans to improve.

Complete the survey here: https://form.jotform.com/240395243005145. Any Madison County foster parent that completes the survey will be entered for a chance to win a gift card, drawn the first weekend in March! Thank you!