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FAMILY FINDING RESOURCES

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HUNTING FOR GRANDMA

Family Finding Links

GRANDFAMILIES STATE LAW & POLICY RESOURCE CENTER is a collaboration betweenCasey Family Programs, the American Bar Association’s Center on Children and the Law and Generations United

CALIFORNIA PERMANANCY FOR YOUTH PROJECT

Training

2010 Schedule
TIME: 9AM—1PM, one Saturday a month

Location:
AFFEC Offices
880 Beltline Road
Springfield, OR 97477

Agenda:

DHS Orientation
File Mining
Internet Research
Contact/Connection
Follow up

File Mining:
Research DHS files for
information. Spend 1-3 hours a week at a DHS office.

Contact/Connection Volunteer:
Call identified potential family or other individuals associated with the foster child (or children) in your case at your home at your
convenience.

Internet Research:
Be a detective!
Search for lost connections for foster children. Spend 1-6 hours a week / or per case at your own home on your own computer.

Volunteers may do one or all of the steps in the process. Everyone who volunteers in the Family Finding program must complete an AFFEC application, a background check and training.

Phone: 541.343.2856 (o)
Fax: 541.343.2866
E-mail:
paula@afamilyforeverychild.org

Family Finding Brainstorming Sessions

Come join other Family Finders to discuss issues, share successes,bring questions and simply brainstorm about your case. Perhaps you have a suggestion to make the process easier. Maybe you have problems or concerns that you want to ask about.

WHERE:
AFFEC OFFICE

WHEN:
FIRST AND THIRD
TUESDAYS OF EVERY MONTH

TIME:
5:30—7PM

A partnership between AFFEC and the Department of Human Services