Supporting Families. Supported Children.

General parent/caregiver information:

• Parent Help 123 (searchable database of family services in WA)
• Parent Trust Family Help Line
• Early Supports for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT)
• ChildCare Aware (searchable database of licensed childares in WA)

Alliance for Child Welfare Excellence (offers classes and support for caregivers seeking licensing in WA, provides initial training for WA state SWs, classes and support available for parents navigating dependency cases)

Meaningful Family Time Resources

Medical care:

• Community Health Care: Foster Adoption Clinic
• UW Center for Adoption Medicine

Parents for Parents

First Legal Clinic

Rise Magazine

Amara Post-Adoption Support (King and Pierce Counties)

Foster Parent Alliance of Washington State (FPAWS)

Seattle Angels

Articles:

• When Foster Parents Experience Grief
• Helping Foster and Adoptive Families Cope with Trauma
• Equipping Foster Parents to Actively Support Reunification
• Let's Talk About the Term "Foster-to-Adopt"

Amara CaRES Kinship Program

Child Only / Non-Needy TANF

DSHS Kinship Care

Kinship Care Solutions Project (free legal assistance for relative caregivers living in King County)

Relative Guardianship Assistance Program (R-GAP)