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Self-Care for Foster Parents

Leslie Reprogle — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 15:07:36 +0000

Parenting foster children who have come to your home from trauma, neglect or abuse is likely the hardest work you will ever do. It requires you to have a wide variety of tools in your parenting toolbox, including self-care strategies. Without healthy, meaningful self-care, you will be operating at a deficit that can lead to […]

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Foster Care and the Coronavirus Crisis

Leslie Reprogle — Wed, 27 May 2020 01:20:23 +0000

Foster children, like the rest of us, want to be held close and reassured by their loved ones. For them, many old feelings of loneliness and isolation and emotional trauma have been rekindled while in “shelter-in-place” away from their friends and families.

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May is National Foster Care Month

Leslie Reprogle — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 21:54:48 +0000

May is National Foster Care Month. While we most definitely appreciate those of you who’ve answered the call to be foster parents ALL year, it’s important for the rest of us to understand why May is such an important month.

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Talking To Children About Coronavirus and Saving Your Sanity At Home

Leslie Reprogle — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:46:18 +0000

Whether you’ve been talking to your children about Coronavirus for several weeks, or you're just starting, there’s never been a better moment for you and your family to turn a bad situation into a special time than right now. Hang in there moms and dads, we're with you.

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Change A Child’s Life: The Arizona Foster Care Tax Credit

Leslie Reprogle — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:53:24 +0000

Reduce your state tax liability and change a child's life today by donating to Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona and utilizing the Arizona Foster Care Tax Credit.

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Fostering Children of Color

Leslie Reprogle — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:36:49 +0000

If you are fostering, or intend to foster a child of color, here are a few things you can do to cultivate a positive individual and cultural identity for them.

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Important Information For Foster Parents

Ron Tolson — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:51:40 +0000

DCS and the Arizona Department of Education recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) whose purpose is to outline how Head Start programs and DCS will work to improve access to Early Head Start and Head Start programs throughout the state for children in foster care. We want to share a few key and critical […]

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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Symptoms

Ron Tolson — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:07:26 +0000

Helping Out Babies That Come From A Hard Place Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) by Joan Biggs As a parent and care giver there is nothing more rewarding than when our children look up at you with love and tenderness and smiles to let you know that they feel safe and […]

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Trauma Informed Care Training

Ron Tolson — Wed, 18 May 2016 21:34:31 +0000

Mercy Maricopa invites you to a Trauma informed care training series developed according to the needs of the caregiver community. The trainings are held at three different locations to serve all of Maricopa County. For more information on or to register, email dcs@mercymaricopa.org. Topics Include: Trauma-informed care overview Birth-to-five overview Trauma-informed strategies and techniques (June […]

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