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  • Support the recruitment and retention of quality foster, adoptive, and kinship families.
  • Advocate for and provide consistent and standardized training and support for foster, adoptive, and kinship families.
  • Provide resources and information to parents, empowering them to be
    educated, equipped, and effective.
  • Advocate for the needs of foster, adoptive, and kinship families.
  • Promote and strengthen collaborations among all professionals, including caregivers.
  • Become a sustainable, independent, membership-run organization.

    Our mission is to provide a united voice for children, youth, and families involved in foster, adoptive, and kinship care so all children and youth are treated with dignity, respect, and equality.

    Family

    We believe that foster, adoptive, and kinship families are our best opportunity to secure strong futures for children and youth not living with their birth parents.

    Advocacy

    FACES advocates for the needs of all foster, adoptive, and kinship families in Virginia.

    Collaboration

    FACES builds partnerships with local agencies, private agencies, state government, and many other organizations working to improve the lives of children not living with their birth parents.

    Empowerment

    FACES provides educational opportunities to families so they are bettter equipped to be valued partners in protecting the health and safety of children and youth.

    Support

    FACES believes that mutual support strengthens families and improves placement stability for children and youth.

    FACES membership is open to any individual, agency, or organizations supporting the FACES mission. Join today and help us build a strong statewide voice for foster, adoptive, and kinship families. Together, we can make Virginia a better place for children and youth unable to live with their birth parents.

     

    The Goals of the Association are to:

  • We advocate for services and systems that are fair, responsive, and accountable to foster, adoptive, and kinship families, children, and youth in Virginia.
  • We work in collaborative relationships based on equality and respect.
  • Our work focuses on the growth and development of all family members - adults, youth, and children.
  • We affirm and strengthen children, youth, and families - cultural, racial, and linguistic identities and work to enhance their ability to function in a multicultural society.
  • We believe that state and local services and systems should be child and family-centered.
  • We believe that community programs and systems need to be flexible, responsive, and based on evidence-based best practices.
  • Our work strives to maximize the permanence and continuity of relationships for children.
  • We advocate for children, youth and families to be actively involved in the decisions that impact them.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 August 2010 13:57