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Resources/Training
- Resource Family Readers
For: Relatives, Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, Legal Guardians, Extended Family Members, Foster Family Agencies, Group Homes, and Small Family Homes.
- Family Resource Center Locations
- 2-1-1 provides free and confidential information and referral. Call 2-1-1 for help with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more.
- Foster Parent College
Foster Parent College offers affordable research-based training for foster, adoptive and kinship parents. Using the World Wide Web, the self-driven training is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Foster Parent Training Resources
Riverside Community College’s Foster and Kinship Care Education Program provides on-going continuing education classes and workshops for Resource Families. These classes are accepted as fulfillment of the annual requirements from the state and county for maintaining licensure.
The program offers classes throughout the county. There are sites in Banning, Cathedral City, Corona/Norco, Hemet, Lake Elsinore, Moreno Valley, Rancho Mirage, Riverside and Murrieta. Most areas have classes in the morning and in the evening at least once a month. Classes in Spanish are offered monthly in four locations - Banning, Norco, Hemet, and Moreno Valley.
You may also download the brochure from www.rcc.edu. Go to Student Services, then to Workforce Preparation in the purple menu on the right. Click on Foster and Kinship Care Education. At the bottom of the page is a link to access the brochure.
For more information on classes or to receive a copy of the schedule of classes, please call the Director of the FKCE program, Penny Davis, at (951) 222-8937, or e-mail Penny at: penny.davis@rcc.edu.
- Video/DVD Training Library
The Children’s Services Division offers department and Community Care Licensing (CCL) approved Continuing Education Units through video and/or DVD training. A three (3) day notice is required to reserve training videos or DVDs. A training examination is provided with each video or DVD. Once the video/DVD and examination are completed and returned to Children’s Services Division, a Certificate of Completion will be provided to the caregiver or student. A maximum of 8 hours of required training may be completed by using the Video/DVD Training Library.
Medi- Cal
- Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP)
- County Service Referral Listing (English) - (Spanish)
- Independent Living Program Resource Guide
In an effort to prepare foster youth to successfully transition from foster care to adulthood, the Independent Living Program has created a resource directory with Education, Permanency, Employment and Health and Safety information.
County Foster Parent Forms
Non-Related / Relative Caregiver Forms
Placement Packet Inventory Sheet
To receive a packet by mail, please call 1-800-665-KIDS (5437)
| Additional Items for Caregivers |
| Birth Certificate |
| Medical Card (i.e. Medi-Cal or personal insurance) |
| Health & Education Passport |
| Immunization Card |
| Social Security Card |
| Medication currently required |
Ice Breakers
- The Ice Breakers “break the ice” and begin the process of building a relationship between the birth parents, foster parents, social workers, and children. (English) - (Spanish)
Team Decision Making
- A Team Decision Making (TDM) meeting brings together people who are interested in and care about the family. A TDM meeting is held to ensure that the best possible decisions are made regarding the child’s safety and placement. (English) - (Spanish)
- JV-290 & Instructions
- Visitation Evaluation
Regional Center Rate Supplemental Request
- State law authorizes a supplement to the rate for dual agency child three years of age and older receiving AFDC-FC or AAP benefits upon determination that the dual agency child has extraordinary care and supervision needs that cannot be met by the $2006 rate. If you are eligible and would like to request a supplement to your existing rate please contact Ayantu Negash at (951) 358-7771.