Needs
*Textured Hair Care training and products for Black and bi-racial youth in foster care. This popular training and support are essential for youth to receive culturally appropriate hair and skin care. Foster and kinship parents can access this free training every month. $100 covers the cost of training and products for 1 foster youth.
*Calm Kits contain tools and visual guides that help children and youth to de-escalate and self-regulate. $50 provides 1 foster youth with a Calm Kit.
*Foster care is improved when foster and kinship parents bring their stories and experiences to decision-makers. Foster and kinship parents can provide solutions to foster care's challenges and barriers. CAC Ambassadors are foster and kinship parent volunteers who bring the ground-level reality of caring for abused and neglected children to decision-makers at the state level. $250 covers the cost for 1 CAC Ambassador to advocate for foster youth.
*Coffee with Caregivers was launched at the beginning of the pandemic to build community and peer to peer support among foster and kinship parents. This important group has connected foster and kinship parents to desperately needed information, resources, and support during a time when they were isolated and struggling to meet all the needs of their children. $250 covers the cost of one support group meeting.
*California Alliance of Caregivers would like to increase its capacity in 2024 to meet the unique needs of more foster, kinship, guardian, and adoptive families that need information, connection to benefits, support, and advocacy.
*California Alliance of Caregivers seeks board members who share a passion and commitment for improving outcomes for children in foster care; and who have skills and experience that would benefit the growth of our organization.