Caregiver Training

This workshop will present information on the current ODJFS rules, the overview of the MEPA rules and applications, and Focus on Youth, Inc. Foster Parent Policies and MEPA Standards as it impacts policy.

This workshop will serve as an introduction to trauma competent care and explores how trauma might effect the development of a child.

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.

This workshop will allow for participants to become certified in Infant, Child, and Adult CPR and First Aid. The certification is provided by American Red Cross. Meets Required Topic: CPR & First Aid

Join us for our Foster Parent Support Group each month.

This session focuses on essential strategies for preventing accidents and handling emergencies, including how to effectively use and access poison control centers.

This workshop will present information on the current ODJFS rules, the overview of the MEPA rules and applications, and Focus on Youth, Inc. Foster Parent Policies and MEPA Standards as it impacts policy.

“Beyond the Birds and Bees” is a two-hour training that focuses on increasing skills around being an “askable adult.” Meets Required Topic: Trauma, Child Development, or Elective

This is a time to meet other Focus on Youth foster parents, support and network with each other, enjoy a meal together, while learning and growing in your role as a foster parent.

Foster and adoptive parents often wonder about birth order in relation to fostering or adopting when they already have children by birth. This presentation will examine the significance of birth order, and encourage participants to consider how it relates to foster and adoptive families.

This session will explore and define aspects of personal and structural bias impacting foster care youth. Individuals will walk away with practical tools and strategies to challenge their own biases, helping them create a home environment that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

This workshop will present information on the current ODJFS rules, the overview of the MEPA rules and applications, and Focus on Youth, Inc. Foster Parent Policies and MEPA Standards as it impacts policy.

This workshop will allow for participants to become certified in Infant, Child, and Adult CPR and First Aid. The certification is provided by American Red Cross. Meets Required Topic: CPR & First Aid

This is a time to meet other Focus on Youth foster parents, support and network with each other, enjoy a meal together, while learning and growing in your role as a foster parent.

This course is recommended for all Focus on Youth foster parents. The primary purpose of this training course is to educate caregivers in identifying signs and symptoms of illness and contagious conditions, protect themselves from exposure, learn how to respond to an exposure risk, and how to transfer their knowledge to educate family and children in the home. The course content and activities will prepare caregivers to make appropriate decisions about preventing and educating on communicable disease transmission. Meets Required Topic: Resource Readiness: Prevention, Recognition, and Management of Communicable Diseases

We are thrilled to announce this year's Connect Conference hosted by Focus on Youth! Join us on March 7 & 8, 2025, for a transformative [...]

This support group is designed for Focus on Youth foster parent to connect and support one another.

This workshop will present information on the current ODJFS rules, the overview of the MEPA rules and applications, and Focus on Youth, Inc. Foster Parent Policies and MEPA Standards as it impacts policy.

This workshop will is an introduction to trauma competent care and explores how trauma might effect the development of a child.

This workshop will allow for participants to become certified in Infant, Child, and Adult CPR and First Aid. The certification is provided by American Red Cross. Meets Required Topic: CPR & First Aid