PLAY (Positive Learning for Adults and Youth) is CFK’s monthly foster parent training which happens the second Tuesday of every month from 6:00pm-8:30pm. P.L.A.Y. is provided to foster families to assist them in obtaining their ongoing education (foster parents must complete 40-60 hours of ongoing education to maintain their certificate), while providing attentive, nurturing child-care for the foster parent’s foster, adopted and biological children. The children have the opportunity to play games, shoot hoops in the gym, make crafts or work on homework. There is even an inflatable bouncy house set up for the younger children! Volunteers are needed to help care for the children while the adults receive their training. Volunteers who come consistently are assigned to the same child each month to help build a relationship between the volunteer and child. We do our best to accommodate requests for a specific age group according to the children who RSVP to attend each month. Come join us for dinner at 6:00 and special time with the children from 6:30-8:30 once a month!

In foster care, children cannot be left with a caregiver who is not approved so in order for foster parents to get a break, go out for some alone time, or even just go to the doctor on their own, they must have an approved alternate caregiver who can care for the children in the foster parent’s absence. To put it simply, alternate care is really just a fancy term for babysitting.

As needs arise within our various programs, so do our need for volunteers. Whether it is helping sew a weighted blanket for a child to help with anxiety or trauma symptoms or helping sort donations and gifts (especially during the holiday season) we always have a need for volunteers. Please contact us to see what our current projects and needs are!