TFFA Region 07 Foster Parent Representative – Dorothy Place
region7@tffa.org or dplace5749@aol.com
TFFA Region 07 FAD Representative – Ann Ruten
Capitol Area Foster Parent Association
Meets the 2nd Monday of every Month at the Austin CPS office 14000 Summit Dr.; Austin 78728
All agencies foster and foster/adoptive families welcome
New Website: www.cafpa.org
Why you should join a FPA:
· Support Networks. Because they have “been there,” other foster parents have a special kind of support to offer. Sometimes they are the only ones who have the uplifting encouragement you need to “keep going.” Doesn’t matter if you are brand new or have been around for years.
· Training and Learning Opportunities. Where else can you get access to literally hundreds of years of combined foster parenting experience? Associations are places to learn the special skills needed to parent the children in foster care, children with increasingly difficult behaviors and needs.
· Resources. Through their ability to raise funds and connect with other organizations, FPA’s do incredible things to help children and foster parents. Examples include providing respite services for worn-out parents, special arrangements with food banks and clothing providers and fun activities for the family.
· Advocacy. Children who lose their homes have no voice. United in an association, foster parents can be that voice in a way no other individual or group can. In many cases, foster parents know better than anyone about the needs of children in foster care. Membership in an association gives you a chance to speak out to improve services, policies, and attitudes that affect foster kids.
For further information about this group, contact Dorothy Place at 512-922-4048.
Central Texas FPA
(Harker Heights)
Contact: Margie Ranthum
254-690-4759
Hill Country FPA/BURNET COUNTY
President- Michele Floyd- Janicke
Vice President- Jim Benton
Treasurer- Jayne Wright
349 Wood Forest Road / Kingsland, Texas 78639-9753
Heart of Texas F/A Family Assoc (Robinson/Waco)
President- Ramona Carrizales
(254)-666-2050
San Gabriel FCA
(Williamson Co)
President- Jeanne Sanders
243000 Sheep Hollow Trail / Leander, Texas 78641
(512) 260-0934
Email: jmslady@msn.com
TFFA Member
Child Placing Agencies In This Region
LSS-FIT (Lutheran Social Services-Foster In Texas) fall under the LSS umbrella. Contact phone number to (877) 747-8110
The Settlement Home For Children
TFFA Member Foster Parent Association
* Central Texas FPA / PO Box 3626 / Harker Heights, Texas 76548
* Hill Country FPA / 1345 C.R. 100 / Burnet, Texas 78611
* San Gabriel Foster Care Assoc.
San Gabriel Foster Parent Association (SGFPA)
Ethel Vehawn, President
(626) 339-5893
This group meets the 4th Thursday of every month from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Mormon Church 1271 W. Badillo Street in Covina.
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