Raising children is hard work. As a foster parent or kinship care provider, the challenges can be even more overwhelming. You are not alone! We can provide support & help you navigate many of these challenges.

We can help with issues such as (but not limited to):

• Navigating the foster care system
• Probate court & legal guardianship issues
• Understanding child development, behavioral & developmental issues & strategies for dealing with these issues
• Support, information, & referrals around “aging out” & AB 12
• Offering resources for completing annual training hours for foster parents.

CHECK OUT THESE HELPFUL LINKS

Alameda County Resource Families

Alameda County Social Services Agency – What it takes to become a Resource Family and 2018 Guide to Permanency Options for Youth

This Foster Kid Told Her Story and It Changed Her Life

Former foster teen, Jennifer Rodriguez, is now a lawyer and Executive Director of Youth Law Center. Click on logo below to hear her interview on KQED’s Forum.

Reach out to Aisha at awilson@familypaths.org or call our 24-Hour Parenting Stress Helpline – 1-800-829-3777. Our caring counselors provide immediate telephone support, a link to 900+ resources and case management while building a sense of trust and security.

Aisha Wilson, our Foster Parent Community Advocate and Outreach team member, is a social justice warrior with 10 years’ experience as program coordinator and canvasser for Get Out the Vote. She has experience in intensive case management, referrals to community agencies and distribution of resource information to those in need. Many years of advocacy and lived experience working with the most impacted populations—policy and advocacy for housing justice, criminal justice, environmental justice, and reproductive justice – makes Aisha an important part of the Family Paths team.

Family Paths is committed to recognizing and serving all families, including LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual), foster, relative and non-relative caregivers, and adoptive families. We embrace Alameda County Fathers Corps’ Father-Friendly Principles.