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Support Resources for Caregivers
Foster, adoptive, and kinship care families have challenging yet rewarding roles, and CAFAF provides a variety of programs to support you.
24-Hour Caregiver Helpline
Available to caregivers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please call if you have a question or need to talk to someone who understands. We can provide information, help clarify an issue or just lend a sympathetic ear. The call is toll free and confidential.
1.888.223.2780
Children’s Hope Fund
CAFAF maintains a fund, 100% comprised of grants and donations, designed to build to support for foster and adoptive families and kinship care children. Over the years CAFAF has provided funds for summer camp, music lessons, dance lessons and a variety of other activities.
Support Buddy System
This a peer program is designed to provide support for foster and adoptive families. The Buddy System pairs newly licensed families with experienced foster or adoptive parents to help guide them.
Support Groups
CAFAF maintains a list of groups which provide support for foster and adoptive families across the state. These groups include support foster parents, children and families, adoptive children and parents and families, relative kinship, grandparents and other relatives. Support groups also include adoptive book clubs, complex medical needs, foster care alumni and core.
Support Liaisons
The Liaisons are available to provide help and support for foster and adoptive families with any questions or problems they may have regarding foster, adoptive or kinship caregiver issues.
Open Adoption Support Services
Pre-adoptive families considering open adoptions of children in DCF custody can obtain an attorney through CAFAF at no cost. The attorney will help explain the open adoption process and provide information for informed decision making.
Cake4Kids
Cake4Kids provides FREE custom sweets for birthdays, graduations and adoptions for underprivileged youth, ages 1-24. All baked goods are made with love by volunteers in their home kitchens, and delivered to the CAFAF office.
One of the biggest ways CAFAF provides support to families is through training for foster, adoptive, and kinship families. You can learn more about our training programs here.