Free Resources to Bring Valuable Information

Whether you are looking to volunteer, become a foster parent, or adopt, there are many different ways to step into child welfare in Wichita. Jason Johnson, a popular speaker and fellow foster/adoptive parent says that everyone can do something.

A foster mother reading a book to her foster daughter

Print Resources

BOOK
Securely Attached
How Understanding Childhood Trauma Will Transform Your Parenting
BOOK
Everyone Can Do Something
A Field Guide for Strategically Rallying Your Church Around the Orphaned and Vulnerable
BOOK
Reframing Foster Care
Filtering Your Foster Parenting Journey Through the Lens of the Gospel
BOOK
Keep the Doors Open
Lessons Learned from a Year of Foster Parenting
BOOK
The Connected Child
Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family

Online Resources:

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Safe Families for Children
Biological Family Support before the system steps in
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Child Alliance of Kansas
All training in Kansas for potential/current foster parents.
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Court Appointed Special Advocates
Volunteers that advocate for children in foster care.
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Foster the Family
Blog content focused on family, foster care, and adoption.
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Jason Johnson Blog
Encouraging Families & Equipping Leaders
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The Honestly Adoption Company
Weekly parenting lessons from Mike and Kristin Berry

Licensing Agencies:

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Ember Hope
Biological Family Support before the system steps in
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Wichita Children’s Home
All training in Kansas for potential/current foster parents.
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Saint Francis Ministries
Volunteers that advocate for children in foster care.
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TFI
Blog content focused on family, foster care, and adoption.
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Juniper Arts Academy
A fine arts education for children and teens in the foster care system.
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DCCCA
TIPS-MAPP training for prospective foster parents

Interested in learning more?