Diversity Training for Foster Parents
We’re so thankful for our community of supporters that makes Just As Special possible including our Season 2 podcast sponsor Kids Crossing, a private foster care agency started by foster parents for foster parents.
"Kids Crossing is partnering with Just As Special because it gives our foster parents access to relevant, applicable, thoughtful, and convenient trainings. It also allows our foster parents to feel connected to their larger community of foster parents, outside of our agency," said Hilary Bridges, LPC and Assistant Executive Director of Kids Crossing.
Arguably the most important decision to make when becoming a foster parent is what agency you’ll choose. Because as a foster parent, you will rely on your foster care agency for support.
Kids Crossing provides many no-cost services including:
Therapy services for the kids
Family therapy
Family preservation services
Foster parent support groups
Parenting coaches
Trauma-informed parenting training
And much more!
Kids Crossing is also committed to diversity and inclusion and has partnered with Just As Special to provide their foster parents with virtual, on-demand training.
This training is focused on helping foster parents practically apply lessons learned from diverse perspectives of foster care through powerful personal interviews with former foster youth; multi-cultural foster families; same-sex foster families; foster care professionals; and much more.
Kids Crossing foster parent Ben said, “Just As Special gives me insight from different people in foster care such as other foster parents or former foster kids. These perspectives have opened up my mind to different ways of thinking, which in turn helped me better understand my foster kiddo.”
Kids Crossing has four locations across Colorado in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and La Junta. Learn more at KidsCrossing.com and tell them Just As Special sent you.
Foster Parent Highlight
Just As Special podcast host, Natasha, is a licensed foster parent through Kids Crossing.
“My partner and I started becoming licensed to foster parent through our county and then switched to Kids Crossing.
I am really amazed at all the additional supports Kids Crossing has provided us with including a Home Coordinator.
Our Home Coordinator is our first point of contact whenever we need anything and she is always available and on top of it.
She’s helped us navigate our placement’s team — which can get confusing when so many people are involved.
And she helps us decide next steps when we are unsure of what’s best for the kid in care in our home.
I highly recommend Kids Crossing to anyone interested in becoming a foster parent or renewing their foster parent license!”
— Natasha
Just As Special Podcast
Hope felt like she had way more help than she could use as a foster parent which led her to start thinking about how she could help other families who could benefit from even just one more friend.