



| Securing a Safe and Effective Foster Care System |
| Ventura County Foster Parent Association |
| "Encouraging the training and education of personnel for work in the field of foster care. Encouraging the recruitment and retention of foster homes, and making children's lives better" |
| WELCOME TO OUR ASSOCIATION |
| Foster Parents Do you have a service or item to sell? Do you have a need for a service or items? Check out our classifieds page. |
| **General Membership Meeting** Next Meeting to be Announced Everyone in attendance will receive 2 hours towards their continuing education requirements. |
| HEART TO HEART Our HEART TO HEART Program has been in action for over a year now and has grown tremendously. Our recent expansion has been phenomenal. Achieved through the hard work of many volunteers, All of whom donate their time and efforts without anything in return. Thank you to all of you. Thank you to all of you that came to our Scoop-a-thon fund raiser. We had a great turnout. Special THANKS to Cynthia Neftin for her generous offer to share portion of her profits from these events to help us. We also would like to thank Playtime RV Center 1400 Statham Parkway Oxnard 93033 Phone 240-1204 Chris Kleffman They have graciously donated space to us to operate our program in. Take a moment and thank them for their generosity. |
| Upcoming Meetings July 23rd - Out of Control Behavior - Parenting techniques. September 24th - IEP Process/Home Schooling/Prudent Parent November 19 - Gaurdianship/Elections/Respite Care Please check the Calender page for Continuing Education Classes!!! |
| Leticia Sandoval Resource Specialist Kids & Families Together 856 E. Thompson Blvd; Ventura, CA 93001 805.643.1446 ext. 104; fax 805.641.3899 VISIT OUR WEBSITE! http://www.kidsandfamilies.org UPCOMING EVENTS: 6/9 Kinship (relative) Support Group "Reunification: How to smooth out the bumps along the way" 6/23: Kinship (relative) Support Group (CANCELLLED) 6/20: Visitation & Team Decision Making (Make-Up Dates) 6/27: Crisis Management (Make-Up Dates) Hi, I found this great site while researching for client resources. It includes listings about where you can get kids some free meals. You may already know about them, but now you have all locations and hours in one place. sweet! There are also other links for other free stuff like movies and summer events. Hope you find this to be useful! http://www.conejovalleyguide.com/im-hungry-blog/ |
| FOODSHARE - If you would like to receive FOODSHARE supplies this month, Please call Laura @ 649-3225 or send an email to fourhlala@aol.com Pick up will be right before the meeting, please arrive by 5:30pm to claim your commodities. PLEASE NOTE THAT FOOD SHARE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AFTER MAY. OTHER OPTIONS WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING. |