Florida State Foster/Adoptive Parent Association
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Happy New Year!
FSFAPA would like to wish all of our foster and adoptive families a Happy New Year. We hope you find some useful information in this newsletter. As always, your feedback is welcome.
Monthly Conference Call, Jan. 3, 2011
Please join us for our monthly conference call on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011.
Guest Speaker -- Tracey Dannemiller
Topic -- Caregivers: Risk vs. Reward
Here's how to access the conference call:
Dial 1.888.808.6959
Punch in the PIN 9229094# when prompted
You're in!
Bilateral Service Agreement (Partnership Plan)
The Department of Children and Families has released a memorandum regarding the revised bilateral agreement (Partnership Plan). You can view it here. Please contact Gay Frizzell at gay_frizzell@dcf.state.fl.us or at 850.921.3005 if you would like further information.
FSFAPA Quarterly Meeting
The next FSFAPA Quarterly Meeting will be held Feb. 12, 2011 in West Palm Beach. All foster/adoptive parents are invited to attend. The schedule is listed below:
Saturday, Feb. 12:
10 a.m. - noon.: President's Council -- Open to all local association presidents or representatives
10 a.m. - noon: F.A.S.T. Training -- Open to anyone interested in attending
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Quarterly Membership Meeting (Topic: Advocacy and Awareness Day in April)
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.: FSFAPA Board Meeting
Meeting Location:
Holiday Inn Palm Beach Airport
1301 Belvedere Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33405
Contact your CBC or provider representative to discuss mileage and/or hotel reimbursement for attending FSFAPA's Quarterly Meeting as there are training hours available.
If you are planning to attend, please contact Trudy Petkovich at petkovij@me.com so that FSFAPA can plan accordingly for the membership meeting.
Adoptive Parents Bill of Rights Draft
FSFAPA would like all foster and adoptive parents to review the draft of the Adoptive Parents Bill of Rights (attached here). Your feedback is important in order to ensure this document is as strong and complete as possible. In the coming months we will work to incorporate this into what we at FSFAPA stand for and we hope to have it written into legislation. Please provide feedback by Jan. 15, 2011.
Training Hours for Foster Parents
Foster parents are eligible to earn training hours for relicensing requirements by participating and interacting during live training webcasts or by viewing training videos posted in the Just in Time Training archives. Please view the instructions here to find out how.
Just In Time Training, Jan. 11, 2011QPI "Just in Time Training" will offer foster parents and child welfare specialists another webcast training event on Jan. 11, 2011. This training will provide valuable insights into symptoms and behaviors associated with attachment issues, including issues after termination of parental rights. You will have opportunities to ask the expert questions, and he will provide strategies for working with children with these issues.
Please get your invitation here. There are instructions to verify you have the necessary software -- a free download -- prior to the webcast. Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email and the link for the event. If you have registered and participate, you will receive a training certificate via e-mail after the event.
If you are unable to attend, the webcast will be available at www.qpiflorida.com usually three to five days after the event. In order to receive the training certificate if you view it from the website, you will be required to pass a short quiz to verify you have watched the webcast.
Follow us on Twitter
FSFAPA has joined the Twitter world @FloridaFAPA. Follow us to get updated news on trainings, meetings and association events.
FSFAPA Open Positions
FSFAPA has the following volunteer positions available: Fund Development and Webmaster. Please e-mail President Kimberly Hernandez at kimh@fsfapa.org for more information or a list of duties for the positions.
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Betty Clem
Title: Regional Vice President, Suncoast; Fundraising Chair
Foster/Adoptive Parent: Kinship Care
Duties: Betty covers the Suncoast region, traveling to the various local association meetings to give them support and information in a timely fashion. Betty has held this position for the past five years. She and her husband and have fostered for 28 years; they've also adopted out of foster care and are currently doing kinship care.
Contact information: williamclem@aol.com; 941.755.3548
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- Jan. 3: Monthly Conference Call
- Feb. 1: Monthly Conference Call
- Feb. 12: FSFAPA Quarterly Meeting, West Palm Beach, FL
- March 7: Monthly Conference Call
- April 5: Advocacy Day during Children's Week, Tallahassee, FL
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Brevard County:
Space Coast Foster and Adoptive Families Alliance
Space Coast Early Intervention Center, 3790 Dairy Road, Melbourne
www.scfafa.org
Third Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
Broward County:Broward Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
Plantation Community Church, 6501 Broward Blvd., Plantation
browardfapa@aol.com
Fourth Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
Parent-2-Parent Support Group
Epworth United Methodist Church, 7651 Johnson St., Pembroke Pines
954.894.9229
www.fcacommunitysolutions.org
First Saturdays at 10 a.m.
Clay County:Clay County Foster Adoptive Parent Association Lake Asbury Baptist Church, 2674 Henley Road, Green Cove Springs 904.446.0510 www.techcomm.net/ccfapa Second Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon Duval County:
Northeast Foster/Adoptive Parent Association
Household of Faith, 1410 Edgewood Ave., Jacksonville
904.294.1030
Second Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
Hernando County:
Foster Parent Association of Hernando County
First Presbyterian Church, 250 Bell Ave., Brooksville
352.754.0377
Second Thursdays
Hillsborough County:
Hillsborough County Foster Parent AssociationDCF Office (located next to Hillsborough Kids on the corner of Busch Boulevard and Florida Avenue)www.hcfpa.orgFirst Saturdays at 10 a.m.View newsletter here Miami-Dade County:Miami Dade County Foster and Adoptive Parent AssociationCultural Arts Center, 6161 NW 22nd Ave., Miami
305.469.1157
First Saturdays at 10 a.m. and Third Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
View newsletter here
South Dade Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
Kendall Hotel & Suites, 9100 North Kendall Dr., Miami
305.775.4818
www.southdadefosterparents.shutterfly.com
(Next meeting Nov. 13)
Polk County:
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