Adoption and Foster Care Are Complicated.

We can help you navigate it.

Families Rising provides education and training for adoptive, foster, and kinship caregivers and child welfare professionals. We get it—navigating adoption and foster care is hard, and we’re here to help.

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Every family has a story. Families Rising can support your adoptive, foster, or kinship family and help you grow together.

Explore topics like:

  • Child and teen behavior challenges at home (like lying, raging, and stealing)

  • Identity and belonging for adopted and foster youth

  • Secondhand traumatic stress (STS), compassion fatigue, and burnout

  • Fetal-alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)

  • Strengthening birth family connections

  • And so much more.

Trauma-Informed Parenting

strategies every adoptive, foster, and kinship caregiver needs to know.

Child Welfare Practices

for agencies and organizations to make a big impact.

Centering Lived Experts

who have experienced adoption & foster care themselves.

Help Your Kids Thrive.

The work you do as a caregiver is important. We’re here to help you grow.

Help Your Kids Thrive.

The work you do as a caregiver is important. We’re here to help you grow.

NEW!

A Library of Webinars for Caregivers

Our NEW learning hub for all things adoption, foster care, and kinship care.

NEW!

A Library of Webinars for Caregivers

Our NEW learning hub for all things adoption, foster care, and kinship care.

The Families Rising Adoption & Foster Care Conference

Community, learning, and fun! Join hundreds of adoptive and foster parents and child welfare professionals this October.

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Or Get Customized Training Specific To Your Unique Story.

Our team can craft training that meets the needs of your specific family, agency, or organization.

AGENCIES! Ask us how we can improve outcomes for the families you serve—learn from lived experts with topics just for you. We provide education and training on child welfare best practices, adoption and foster care support, and more.

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