TFI MINISTRY NETWORK
Coordinator Training.
Session Three: Understanding the Foster Care Community – Developing Compassionate Understanding
3.1 Agency Workers
Meet the Agency Worker.
Sarah shares an overview of what it’s like to be in the role of someone who works at a foster care agency:
Next, hear directly from someone with lived experience:
Learn how TFI is serving this population directly:
Think about it:
How does this shift your understanding of the agency worker? What stands out to you about being an agency worker?
3.2 Foster Parents
Meet the Agency Worker.
Sarah shares an overview of what it’s like to be a foster parent:
Then, hear directly from someone with lived experience:
Learn how TFI is serving this population directly:
Think about it:
How does this shift your understanding of the foster parent? What stands out to you about being a foster parent?
3.3 Biological Parents
Meet the Biological Parent.
Holly shares an overview of what it’s like to be in a parent whose children have entered foster care:
Then, hear directly from someone with lived experience:
Learn how TFI is serving this population directly:
Think about it:
How does this shift your understanding of parents whose children have entered foster care? What stands out to you about being a biological parent?
3.4 Children
Meet the Child.
Holly shares an overview of what it’s like to be a child in foster care:
Then, hear directly from someone with lived experience:
Learn how TFI is serving this population directly:
Think about it:
How does this shift your understanding of children in foster care? What stands out to you about being a child in foster care?




