Support Services
SUPPORT GROUPS
Cottage Grove: The Cottage Grove Support Group is meeting on
a monthly basis. Please call
Penelope Pilling at 541-767-0066 if you are interested in attending this
group and to find out the date,
time, and location of the next group. Will have a union representative
to explore union possibilities
for foster parents. There will be a Summer Clothing exchange, so bring
your children’s outgrown
clothes.
Elmira/Veneta: Theresa Donovan wants to get the
support group up and aging again. Please call
her at 541-935-4278 and give her days of week and times that will work for
you.
Florence: The Florence support group is still on hold. If anyone would
like to get the support
group in Florence up and running again, please call Libbie Marshall at
541-349-4464.
Junction City: This Junction City Support Group
meeting on the 2nd Monday of each month at 9:30
AM at the home of Shay Crabtree, 723 Kalmia, Junction City. Please call
her at 541-520-4521 if you plan
to attend or would like more information.
Eugene-Springfield & Newer Foster Parent Support
Group:
For more information, call Tammy Hadley at 541-729-6309.
You are encouraged to attend the support groups, open to all foster
parents. It is a great
opportunity to meet other foster parents and to get ideas and support.
Also, you will receive
TRAINING CREDIT.
Adoption Support Services
Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC)
www.orparc.org
1-800-764-8367
Adoption Counseling and Education Services (ACES) -
Beaverton, Portland, Dundee
www.adoptioncounselingservices.com
Adoption Mosaic - Portland
www.adoptionmosaic.org
1-971-533-0102
Kinship House - Portland
www.kinshiphouse.org
1-503-460-2796
Northwest Adoptive Families Association (NAFA) - Portland
www.nafaonline.org
1-503-243-1356
The Oregon Parent Training and Information Center (ORPTI)
- Salem
www.orpti.org
1-888-505-2673
Oregon Family Support Network (OFSN) - Eugene
www.ofsn.org
1-800-323-8521
Parenting Connections: The R.A.F.T. (Relative, Adoptive,
and Foster Family Team) - Portland
www.pctheraft.org
1-503-761-4686
Center for Improvement of Child and Family Services -
Child Welfare Partnership (PSU)
1-503-365-4772
SUPPORT GROUPS ~ Information
provided from Fostering Connections DHS Child Welfare
And Foster and Adoptive Association of Lane County
SUPPORT GROUPS
Cottage Grove: The Cottage Grove Support Group
is meeting on a monthly basis. Please call Penelope Pilling at
541-767-0066 if you are interested in attending this group and to find out
the date, time, and location.
Elmira/Veneta: The Elmira/Veneta support group
is on hold until Teresa Donovan gets some help with preparing for it
and running it. Please call Teresa at 541-935-4278 for more
information and if you can help.
Florence: The Florence support group is still on
hold. If anyone would like to get the support group in Florence
up and running again, please call Libbie Marshall at 541-349-4464.
Junction City: This Junction City Support Group
meeting on the 2nd Monday of each month at 9:30 AM at the home of Shay
Crabtree, 723 Kalmia, Junction City. Please call her at 541-520-4521
if you plan to attend or would like more information.
Eugene-Springfield & Newer Foster Parent Support
Group: Please call Tammy Hadley at 541-729-6309.
You are encouraged to attend the support groups, open to all foster
parents. It is a great opportunity to meet other foster parents
and to get ideas and support. Also, you will receive TRAINING
CREDIT.
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Grandparents as Parents and Kinship Caregivers Support
Group of Klamath Falls
1st Wednesday of month ♦ 11:30 a.m.
1931 Homedale Road, Klamath Falls, OR 97603
Contact: Lloyd King, 541‐891‐0268, 1‐877‐215‐4576 (toll‐free)
gapking@clearwire.net
GrandPARENTING Again
Sponsored by NorthWest Senior & Disability Services and Family
Caregiver Support Program
1st Wednesday of month ♦ 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Healing Hearts Counseling Center
110 N Monmouth Avenue, Suite 104A
Monmouth, OR 97361
Contact: Sherry Sullens, 503‐838‐6456
This is a new support group for grandparents and other seniors who are
raising children. The group is facilitated by Sherry Sullens, licensed
child and family therapist and alcohol and drug counselor.
Lincoln County Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support
Group
Sponsored by Lincoln County Health and Human Services
1st Tuesday of month ♦ 11:30 to 1:00 p.m.
Lincoln County Health and Human Services Downstairs Conference Room 36
SW Nye Street, Newport, OR 97365
Contact: Sharon Muir, Lincoln County HHS 541‐265‐4179 x 2307
smuir@co.lincoln.or.us
Rogue Valley Parent Support Group
Sponsored by Chosen International
1st Sunday of month ♦ 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Oregon Health Management Services Building
(entry from the “H” Street parking lot only)
For information contact Cynthia Bigelow at
cjbigelow@choseninternational.org
Group
facilitated by two family therapists who specialize in working
with adoptive families and
adoptees.
Douglas County
Oregon Family Support Network
1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month
3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Contact Denise Galusha 541‐784‐6593 dgalusha97470@hotmail.com
