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Foster and Kinship Care Education Program







January - February 2010 Schedule

Kinship Care Education

Foster Care Education

If you are a grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling, etc. raising your relative’s children then you are a Kinship Care provider. There is no formal requirement for you to attend classes or workshops, but many kinship care providers have expressed a desire for more training in specific areas to help them better meet the needs of the children in their care and themselves as well. You are welcome to attend any of the classes or workshops in this website which were traditionally geared to foster parents. Just call the registration line at 1-800-200-1222 or in the case of the Support Group Workshops, call the contact person for that group for directions.

Kinship Support Groups

Kinship Support Groups/Traditions of Caring workshops are held throughout the county in collaboration with the local region's Community Services for Families agencies who often offer childcare onsite for the meetings. Just call the number for the group most convenient for you to get directions and other information.

NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL REGIONS:

TUESDAYS, 9:30-11:30 AM (English) George Stevens Senior Center, 570 So. 65th St, San Diego, 92114
WEDNESDAYS, 10 AM-Noon (English) Cornerstone Connections FRC, 3445 Oceanview Blvd, San Diego, 92113
THURSDAYS, 10:00 AM-Noon, (English) Ray & Joan Kroc Community Center, Building A, 6845 University Ave, SD 92115
WEDNESDAYS (Miercoles) (Spanish) 10:00 AM-Noon, Cornerstone Connections FRC, 3445 Oceanview Blvd, SD, 92113
THURSDAYS (Jueves), (Spanish) 10:00 AM-Noon, Ray & Joan Kroc Comm. Cntr, Bldg A, 6845 University Ave, SD 92115
FRIDAYS (Viernes) (Spanish), 10:00 AM-Noon (Spanish) Clark Middle School, 4388 Thorn St., San Diego, 92105


EAST COUNTY REGION:

TUESDAYS, 10:00 AM-Noon, (English) Rose House Kinship Center, 1863 Dehesa Rd, El Cajon, 92019
FRIDAYS, 6:00-8:00 PM (English) Rose House Kinship Center, 1863 Dehesa Rd, El Cajon, 92019, Rm A, WOMEN’S GROUP
FRIDAYS, 6:00-8:00 PM, (English) Rose House Kinship Center, 1863 Dehesa Rd, El Cajon, 92019Rm B, MEN’S GROUP
MONDAYS (Lunes), 6:00-8:00 PM, (Spanish) Rose House Kinship Center, 1863 Dehesa Rd, El Cajon, 92019

NORTH COUNTY COASTAL AND INLAND REGIONS:

THURSDAYS, 5:30-7:30 PM (English) Ecke YMCA, 200 Saxony Rd, Encinitas, 92024
MONDAYS, 5:30-7:30 PM (English) Palomar YMCA, 1050 North Broadway, Escondido, 92026
TUESDAYS, 5:30-7:30 PM (English) Community Lutheran Church, 4507 Mission Avenue, Oceanside, 92057
WEDNESDAYS (Miercoles) (Spanish) 10:00 AM-Noon, SFTH, 851 W. San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos, 92078

SOUTH REGION:

TUESDAYS, 5:30-7:30 PM MAAC Charter School, 1385 Third Avenue, Chula Vista, 91911
MONDAYS (Lunes), 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM (Spanish), Senior Center, 125 East Park Ave, San Ysidro, 92173
FRIDAYS (Viernes), AM Trolley Trestle Apts, 746 Ada Street, Chula Vista, 91911
THURSDAYS (Jueves), 10:00am - Noon) Maria Hinojosa’s Home, 418 F Avenue, National City, CA 91950

COUNTYWIDE:

Kinship Legal and Education Advocacy Issues Class:
Last Friday of each month from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Rose House Kinship Center, 1863 Dehesa Road, El Cajon, 92019,
Rm A—Taught by Attorney Trina Branch and/or Martha Rawlings, Kinship Caregiver/Advocate

Classes for Kinship Caregivers - English

TRADITION OF CARING—taught by a variety of kinship caregiver trainers
This class is a series of 27 hours of training on a wide variety of important subjects all
kinship caregivers should know such as kinship family dynamics, how to work with the
child protection/court system, how to access resources, discipline, mental health issues, etc.


COMMON SENSE PARENTING—taught by a variety of kinship caregiver trainers
Topics include setting clear expectations, giving positive and negative consequences for behavior, staying calm, teaching self-control, using Effective Praise and Preventive and Corrective Teaching, helping children make decisions and solve problems, reaching goals with charts and contracts, and teaching social skills. Also provided are strategies for dealing with the influence of the media, peer pressure, and problems in school.

This fall these two classes are underway in the Kinship Support Groups in the four major areas of the county (North, South, Metro, East). All kinship caregivers (dependency placements, informal placements, KinGap and Kinship Adoption) are welcome.
Contact the ROSE HOUSE KINSHIP CENTER 619-447-5004
to find out more about classes close to you.

Clases Para el Cuidado de Parientes - En Español

CUIDADO TRADICIONAL—presentado por entrenadores de cuidado de parientes
Estas clases son una serie de 27 horas de entrenamiento con una amplia variedad de temas
importantes y dinámicas que todos los cuidadores de parientes deben saber como trabajar en
la protección del niño, sistema de la corte, como tener acceso a recursos, disciplina y temas de
salud mental, etc.

LA CRIANZA PRACTICA DE LOS HIJOS
Tópicos incluyen expectaciones claras dar consecuencias positivas y negativas por el comportamiento, estar en calma, enseñarles autocontrol, usando elogio efectivo, y disciplina preventiva y correctiva. Ayuda a los niños a tomar decisiones y resolver problemas, alcanzar las metas con contratos, aprenden habilidades sociales. También provee otras estrategias para manejar la influencia del radio televisión y prensa, la presión de los amigos y problemas en la escuela.Durante este Otoño, las siguientes clases estarán bajo la dirección de los grupos de apoyo parientes/no parientes en las cuatro principales áreas del Condado (Norte, Sur Este, Oeste). Todos los parientes/no parientes (Colocación Dependiente, Colocación Informal, KinGAP, y Parientes/No Parientes Adoptivos) son bienvenidos.
Contacte a ROSE HOUSE KINSHIP CENTER 619-447-5004
para saber donde hay clases cercas de usted.

Childcare/Respite

If you are a foster parent or relative caregiver who has a child placed through the County of San Diego Juvenile Court Dependency Section, CALL: MAXIM COMPANION SERVICES at 1-866-233-1913 to arrange FREE childcare if you qualify for their program.

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If you know someone who wants to become a foster parent, have him/her call this number to get details on a Foster Parent Orientation in their neighborhood

1-877-792-KIDS (5437)

Pride

If you know someone who is looking for the foster parent initial or pre-service classes (PRIDE Pre-Service), tell them to call 1-800-200-1222 to get information and/or to register.

Adoption

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If you know someone who wants to adopt a child from the county: FOR MORE INFORMATION, HAVE THEM CALL: 1-877-423-6788; (En Espanol llame al 619-336-5740).

Wonderful News for Kinship Care in San Diego County!!
Two New Programs Start in January 2010

  • Grossmont College Kinship Support Services Program (KSSP)
  • Starting in January, 2010, Grossmont College will administer the KSSP funding to support the many kinship support groups in all areas of the county.
  • There will now be food and childcare at each support group meeting as well as an educational component.
  • Each kinship support group will be asked in January to outline their needs for ongoing support and training topics.
  • The Kinship Case Management responsibility within the KSSP will be sub-contracted to the YMCA. There will be one KSSP Case Manager serving a limited area of the county. More on this service will be described in later editions of this flier. This will dovetail nicely with their new YMCA Federal Kinship Navigator Program described below.
  • YMCA Federal Kinship Navigator Program

    YMCA Youth & Family Services is the proud recipient of a Federal Kinship Navigator program. The federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children's Bureau, awarded competitive grant funds authorized by the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008.

    Funding is for expanding Kinship Navigator programs and measuring their impact on improving children's outcomes in the areas of safety, permanency, and well-being. Grants are authorized for the purpose of:

  1. Assisting kinship caregivers, through information and referral systems and other means, to learn about, find, and use existing programs and services to meet their own needs and the needs of the children they are raising; and
  2. Promoting effective partnerships between public and private, community and faith-based agencies to better serve the needs of kinship caregiver families.

    As a demonstration project, grantees are required to engage in an evaluation of sufficient rigor to demonstrate potential linkages between project activities and improved outcomes. More details are to come and the program will tentatively start in January of 2010.

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Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District
8800 Grossmont College Drive
El Cajon, CA 92020-1799
(619) 644-7010
www.gcccd.edu


Governing Board Members:
Rick Alexander, Greg Barr, Bill Garrett, Mary Kay Rosinski, Deanna Weeks
Student Members: Christopher Enders, Charles Taylor III
Chancellor: Cindy L. Miles, Ph.D.
Grossmont College President: Sunita V. Cooke, Ph.D.
Cuyamaca College Interim President: Ronald D. Manzoni



The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, nationality, gender, age, or handicap in admission or access to treatment of or employment in its program and activities.


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