SEPTEMBER 2022• ISSUE 7 • VOLUME 2
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Last October marked the official kick-off for the Family First Prevention Services Act along with policy and funding shifts such as limiting placement in non-family settings like group homes and residential childcare facilities. While we know this is a step in the right direction because a family setting is the most therapeutic and least disruptive setting for youth needing foster care services, we must, as a community, step up to meet the needs of youth who need specialized care.
Our Foster Care Unit has recently launched a new program to help our community provide specialized Therapeutic Foster Care for our Weld County youth. Therapeutic Foster Homes will be supported with a step up in services, training, and support to help meet the unique needs of youth requiring this type of care.
Please consider becoming a Therapeutic Foster Parent if you are experienced in fostering and/or meeting various special needs around mental health challenges and/or developmental delays due to trauma, abuse, or neglect. And help us spread the word! Please don't hesitate to get in touch with your Foster Care Coordinator or me if you are interested in learning more about Therapeutic Foster Care.
Kristy
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Parent Night Out - Save The Date!
 Friday, October 21, 2022
Save the Date! Another Parent Night Out is coming your way for children, ages 0-12. Rocky Mountain Christian Church in Frederick, CO.
Weld County Foster/Kinship/Adoption Support Group
Thursday, September 15, 2022, from 6 - 8:00 p.m. at the Weld County Department of Human Services located at 315 N. 11th Ave., Bldg. A Greeley, CO 80634.
Contact John Killen at (970) 400-6239 for more information or register here.
Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)
Fall: September 6 - October 25, 2022
Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
TBRI is an attachment-focused, evidence-based parenting and intervention model. It is trauma-informed intervention that is specifically designed for parents and caregivers of children. Weld County requires foster parents to attend TBRI within their first year of fostering.
Click here to register.
Questions? Contact Kate Wurtz, (970) 400-6360.
Meet Aaron!
Aaron, age 10, is an inquisitive boy who enjoys talking about space, science, geography, and history. He’s a Denver Broncos football fan who also loves exploring, adventuring, reading, writing, and playing video games, especially Minecraft. Aaron would do well with a nurturing and patient family.
Visit Weld County’s Waiting Kids for more information about children and youth waiting for a foster adoptive family.
Please note that only families who already have a home study are eligible to adopt from Weld County. If you are interested in our waiting kids, you can learn about them and the adoption process by emailing macdonje@weldgov.com or by calling (970) 400-6472.
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Weld County 4-H Clubs
 Thank you to the 12 Weld County 4-H clubs that donated backpacks filled with personal care items such as blankets, pajamas and comfort items such as books, stuffed animals or coloring books to ease the transition for kids who have just been placed in the foster care system. Read more in latest issue of County Roots.
Greeley's City Lights Church
 A big thank you to Greeley’s City Lights Church for supporting Weld County’s foster, kinship, and adoptive youth and families this past July with a parent night out!
Windsor Community Church and Timberline Windsor Church
 Windsor Community Church and Timberline Windsor Church donated backpacks to Weld kids for school, which were greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Colorado Kids Belong
Foster parents, be sure to download the Foster Friendly phone app for more information about foster friendly businesses, events, and organizations.
Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) – The Ideal Response
When a child from a hard place doesn't feel safe, the result is often behaviors that appear willful, baffling, and infuriating to caregivers. How we respond is critical. Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) has developed a guideline to help.
Watch this video as we walk through the IDEAL Response© for dealing with behaviors and building connection between the child and caregiver.
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Are you interested in fostering? Register for an orientation to learn more about foster care and the certification process.
Upcoming orientations:
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 4:30-6:00 p.m., via MS Teams.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 4:30-6:00 p.m., Greeley, CO.
Upcoming pre-certification training options:
 We hope to meet you at one of our upcoming meetings! In the meantime, please reach out if you have any questions. For more information and to register for an orientation, please visit www.weldgov.com/go/fostercare or email Kristy at deandakr@weldgov.com.
Weld County is proud to partner with Realities for Children, a 501(c)3 charitable organization, to collect monetary and item donations for our children and teens in foster care. Your gift provides emergency funding to Weld County youth who have been abused, neglected or are at-risk. All donations are tax deductible, and 100% of your donation goes directly to help our children and teens in foster care. Click here for more information.
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