Resources

Ongoing education is a key aspect of being a foster parent. Below, you’ll find links to information to begin your foster parent journey including the state’s foster parent handbook, pre-placement training, and organizations that support foster parents throughout Wisconsin.

There’s also information on trauma and trauma-informed care. Understanding trauma is a key role of foster parenting. Many of our children are impacted by trauma, and trauma-informed care equips our staff and foster parents with tools to meet a child’s needs effectively. We hope you will take the time to learn more about this as well.

Foster Parenting & Training

• Department of Children & Families: Foster Parent Handbook
• Foster Parent Pre-Placement Training
• Foster Care and Adoption Resource Center
• Coalition for Children, Youth & Families
• WI Foster & Adoptive Parent Association

Advocacy

• WI Association of Family & Children’s Agencies

Trauma Informed Care & Adverse Childhood Experiences

• Department of Health Services: Trauma-Informed Care
• SAMHSA: National Center for Trauma-Informed Care
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• Child Welfare Information Gateway: Trauma-Informed Practice
• ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Study
• Trust-Based Relational Intervention®
• ATTACh