Partnership Programs

Fostering Parenthood

Supporting youth in their healthy sexual development means ensuring the adults in their lives are empowered with what they need to provide effective support. Caregivers need resources that help them support youth through their sexual health journeys–and allow them to feel good about themselves while doing so. Traditional training doesn’t always go far enough or fit caregivers’ complicated, busy lives. This podcast was derived from a multitude of caregivers who gave their insight on relevant topics, episode structure, tangible resources, and effective communication strategies.

Created to meet your needs, Fostering Parenthood is the newest podcast to support your foster care journey.

Check out Fostering Parenthood today!

This podcast was brought to you by the Reproductive Health Equity Project for Foster Youth (RHEP), the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL), and Fostering UNITY.

Fostering Parenthood is fully supported by grant number 1 TP2AH000066-01-00 from the HHS Office of Population Affairs. Contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Population Affairs.

Trauma-Informed Parent Training and Mental Health Support

Fostering UNITY and FKCE have partnered to offer enhanced caregiver training and support. Our CARE Service Specialists (CSS) provide follow-up support for RFA parents attending FKCE courses. Resource Parents who are identified as needing additional resources and education will receive on-going CSS support. 

Harbor-UCLA Safe Harbor Trauma Recovery Center

Fostering UNITY and Harbor UCLA Trauma Recovery Center have partnered to offer free parent support and education, trauma-informed training, and mental health services to Resource Families. These services are provided by Mental Health Clinicians and followed up by on-going support from Fostering UNITY’s CSS team.

Transitional Aged Youth Mentoring Program

Fostering UNITY and CA Foster Youth Initiative have partnered to offer the AmeriCorps Youth Mentor Program. This collaboration offers independent life skills mentoring, financial literacy training, tutoring, and academic success support.

CarePortal Resource Referrals

Care Portal brings the needs of children and families in your community to the attention of local churches, giving them the opportunity to respond and meet the need. Through a partnership with the CarePortal, Fostering UNITY CSS staff can assist with registering the specific caregiver need into the CarePortal system and giving the community an opportunity to respond.

Brain and Body Lab

The Brain & Body Lab at UCLA is a developmental psychology research lab that studies how early experiences with their caregivers influence children’s mental and physical wellbeing. They work with families of children and teens aged 6-18 years who have experienced a range of caregiving, including those who have been in foster care, have been adopted, and those who have always been with their birth/first family. The lab aims to use the information gained from their research to create better services and provisions for young people who are struggling with their physical and mental health. If you would like to participate in their research you may contact the friendly staff: (310) 909-7083 or visit their website: https://brainandbodylab.psych.ucla.edu/

(all information is courtesy of the Brain & Body Lab website)