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FOSTER PARENT ORIENTATION:

If you are interested in learning more about foster care, please call the following:

• Sacramento: The next foster parent orientation meeting will be held on Saturday, September 4, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. at the Sacramento office. Please RSVP to Rich Farlinger at (916) 993-7776. This meeting will answer your questions about foster children, foster parenting, and becoming a certified foster parent with Nepenthean Homes FFA.
  
  
• Auburn: Mike Quinn at (916) 993-7787. An individual orientation meeting will be set up to answer your questions about our agency, foster children, foster parenting, and becoming a certified foster parent with Nepenthean Homes FFA.
  
  
• El Sobrante: Kevin Smith at (510) 222-2666. An individual orientation meeting will be set up to answer your questions about our agency, foster children, foster parenting, and becoming a certified foster parent with Nepenthean Homes FFA.


• Modesto: Rich Farlinger at (916) 993-7776. An individual orientation meeting will be set up to answer your questions about our agency, foster children, foster parenting, and becoming a certified foster parent with Nepenthean Homes FFA.

FOSTER PARENT TRAINING:

ATTENTION FOSTER PARENTS! As you know, 12 hours per year of foster parent training are required to maintain your certification. To help with this, Nepenthean Homes is now offering our 21-DVD Foster Parent College training set. These videos are available for viewing in-house at our Sacramento and El Sobrante offices ONLY--we cannot offer home check-out. You may call the offices to schedule a time to view the videos. Each DVD is 30 to 45 minutes in length. Viewing only gives you one hour training credit; viewing plus taking the test gives you two hours training credit. For more information and to schedule your viewing time, please call the Sacramento office (916) 993-7776 or the El Sobrante Office (510) 222-2666.

This is a great way to get your training hours easily. Even if you have already completed your training requirement, you may get extra hours or supplement your training knowledge in a particular area. Foster families who are in the orientation process will also find this a valuable way to get information about foster parenting.

• Sacramento: "Child Safety and Supervision" on Saturday, September 18, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, at the Sacramento office (first floor conference room). Please call (916) 993-7776 for more information and directions.
  
  
• Modesto: We are working on our schedule for foster parent training in the Modesto Area. Currently, we encourage our foster parents to take advantage of the online training available through Foster Parent College. Please call (916) 993-7776 for more information.
  
  
• El Sobrante: NO FOSTER PARENT TRAINING IN THE BAY AREA OFFICE IN SEPTEMBER. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR NEWS ON OUR OCTOBER FOSTER PARENT TRAINING!

  "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children, Part 2" on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, and "Primer on Services for Special Needs Children" on Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at Children's Hospital, Oakland. Please RSVP to Peggy Pearson at (510) 428-3783. (Sorry, no childcare is available!)

• Auburn: Upcoming Auburn area foster parent trainings will be held on an individual basis, per CFH. Please call Mike Quinn at the Sacramento office to schedule your foster parent training, at (916) 993-7787.

(REMEMBER, YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 12 HOURS OF FOSTER PARENT TRAINING PER YEAR TO MAINTAIN YOUR CERTIFICATION!)

FOSTER PARENTS PLEASE NOTE! You may do a maximum of six (6) hours of online foster parent training with Foster Parent College. Please call Mike Quinn or Rich Farlinger at the Sacramento office (916) 993-7776 with your email address, to get set up for this NO-COST training.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:

• PLACER COUNTY (SIERRA COLLEGE FOSTER & KINSHIP CARE EDUCATION):
  
  “Regulations Training” on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., at Placer County CSOC, 11716 Enterprise Drive, Auburn, CA. Must RSVP by September 6th to Laurie Antuzzi at (530) 886-2879 or email at lantuzzi@placer.ca.gov.
  
  “Positive Discipline - Love and Logic” on Friday, September 17, 2010, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., at Sierra College Gateway Campus, 333 Sunrise Avenue, Roseville, CA. Must RSVP by September 15th to (916) 781-6214. Childcare is available!
  
  “Internet Safety - Keeping You and Your Kids Safe!” on Friday, September 24, 2010, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., at Sierra College Gateway Campus, 333 Sunrise Avenue, Roseville, CA. Must RSVP by September 8th to (916) 781-6214. Dinner provided! Childcare available!
  
  
• BAY AREA SUPPORT GROUP:
  
  A support group for kinship caregivers and grandparents is being held on Wednesdays from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at Family Resource Network, 5232 Claremont Avenue, Oakland, CA. For more information and RSVP call Sonia Waters at (510) 547-7322 x15.
  
  
• NEVADA COUNTY (NEVADA COUNTY FOSTER & KINSHIP CARE EDUCATION):
  
  “The Changing Focus of Foster Care in Nevada County” on Friday, September 17, 2010, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m, at Grace Lutheran Church (social room, entry on side), 1979 Ridge Road, Grass Valley, CA.Please call Mary Jane to RSVP at (530) 470-8510, ext. 208. Childcare is available!
  

FIRST AID AND CPR RE-CERTIFICATION:

• NEVADA COUNTY
  
  Thursday, September 9, 2010, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.
  
  Saturday, September 25, 2010, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
  
  Location: The Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Office, Conference Room, 112 Nevada City Highway, Nevada City, CA.
  FEE: $30.00 per person for foster parents residing outside Nevada County. (Must be prepaid to confirm your reservation!) No cost for Nevada County foster parents.
  Please RSVP to Mary Jane at (530) 470-8510, ext. 208. Certification is valid for two years.