Youth without natural networks or community connections
Family with rich natural networks and community
Weekend Family Connections integrates the youth into a family’s network, providing avenues for adoption.
Application, Training, & Home Assessment
Host families must either already be fully licensed foster/adoptive families or be willing to complete the necessary steps to become a licensed family, including application, training, and home assessment.
Matching and Support
We will work with you to match your family with a youth in care for whom your family is a potential fit. We also offer guidance to you during the integration process. Clinical support is provided to both you as a participating family and to the child throughout your time together.
Hosting
Your family hosts the youth a minimum of two weekend days/nights a month for one year.
Families will be committed to incorporating the youth into their weekend activities and networks and proactively exposing the youth to new adults. Host families will work collaboratively with the professionals involved in the youth’s life.
