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The Foster & Kinship Care Education Program (FKCE) has been a part of SRJC since 1985. We offer training and educational resources at no cost to future and current foster parents, foster/adoptive parents, relative caregivers and foster youth.
We offer Partnership in Parenting (PIP) classes for those interested in becoming licensed foster or adoptive parents. We also provide ongoing educational support groups and conferences to assist those families that are caring for foster children and relatives.
The Youth Empowerment Strategies for Success/Independent Living Preparation Program (YESS/ILP) is a program for Foster youth age 16 to adult. We offer four semesters of ILP program classes, which can be taken in sequence or separately, for credit. Students must register with our office and SRJC. Contact our office for information.
Partnership in Parenting (PIP) classes are provided free of charge by FKCE to prospective foster parents. This course is for those interested in kinship care, foster/adopt, emergency foster care or professionals working with at-risk children. Completion of this one-unit course is required by Sonoma County in order to become a licensed foster parent.
The classes are taught by local foster youth professionals, and include guest speakers. Also present are veteran foster parents who have hands on experience and share their insight and advice with our students.
Topics covered in class include: basic child development, the child's relationship with their birth family, youth and family services and the court system, working with children who have been traumatized, building positive interactions with birth parents, sharing information with social workers and parents, and helping children return home or move to another placement. This class will largely be discussion based, with a focus on individual questions or concerns.
PIP classes meet for nine weeks, and are offered four times a year at SRJC. CPR and First Aid classes for required certification are also offered on a first-come, first-served basis, to potential foster parents who have already taken the Partnership in Parenting (PIP) classes, as space and funding allow. Register through the FKCE office.
Classes are provided with Spanish translation, if pre-arranged with our office.
Course Description
“Introduction to Independent Living Skills” is a class that focuses on daily living skills, educational goal setting and planning. Beginning ILP includes in-class completion of college application and registration materials, role-playing conflict resolution and problem solving, discussion of personal rights and responsibility issues, gathering of educational documents, identifying deficits in individual educational records, and developing personal and educational goals.
Course Description
This “Advanced Independent Living Skills” course focuses in more depth on daily living, problem-solving skills, and educational goal setting and planning. Including in-class registration and completion of BOGG (Board of Governors) fee waivers, role playing, conflict resolution and problem solving (using examples provided by students), discussions of personal rights and responsibilities as an adult, and developing personal and educational action plans. These 1.5 unit classes are offered each semester with a different curriculum each fall and spring.
Santa Rosa Junior College has been fortunate to receive a grant in order to address the overwhelming challenges presented for former foster youth attempting to navigate through the community college system.
Our objective for this program is to increase the academic performance of former foster youth in community college courses leading to certificate completion, graduation, and/or transfer. Specifically we provide the following:
For more information about this program, contact Maurice Travis at mtravis@santarosa.edu or by phone at (707) 321-3151.
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa Campus
Maggini Hall
Room 2822 (2nd floor)
Phone: (707) 535-3752
Maurice Travis, MFT
Foster Youth Programs Advisor
mtravis@santarosa.edu
Louise Hanners
Administrative Assistant
lhanners@santarosa.edu