Foster/Adoptive Family

Statewide Resources

• Advocacy-Voices for Vermont's Children

• Advocacy-Educational-Vermont Family Network

• Advocacy-Social and Racial Justice

• Child care provider finder

• ​Crime victim compensation-foster/adopted kids qualify

• Education Surrogate for your foster child

• Funding for foster/adopted, kin children's any activities

• Funding for camps-ask your RC about the legislative fund

• ​Free summer camp for kids of incarcerated parents

• Free New Car seats
• Free State Park passes for foster kids & family punch cards - ask your RC
• Free Bikes
• Tatum's Totes
• Medicaid (free diapers)
  • Free Diapers part 2
  • Medicaid provider lookup​​

• Free Cross fit Gym membership for foster/adoptive kids (coming soon)

• Mentor a foster parent or need a foster parent mentor?

• Important education info

• Vermont Consortium for Adoption & Guardianship

• Support Groups on VTAdoption.org: 

• Vt. Kin as Parents

• Post adopt services through Lund

• Post adopt services through Easter Seals

• Foster Care Support DCF-Family Services Vt

• Forms and documents Important for Vt foster parents

• What is a GAL?

• The court process

• PACA

• Foster/Adoptive/Kin Parents support groups- send a FB request to "Foster Anderson" asking to be connectied to a group in your area, and she will verify you are a FP/Adopt/kin family.

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Youth Resources

• Spectrum Youth and Family Services 

• Vermont Youth Development Program

• Education Grant for Former Foster Children

• Normalcy and sibling bill of rights

• Washington County Youth Service Bureau

• Connections for youth with their peers

• A nationwide movement to support Youth leaving foster care

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Legislation and Advocacy:

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​Information is provided for interested parties. Amy's Armoire is unable to use our platform to advocate for or against any legislation or political entity.

• H.265: An Office of Child Advocate for Vermont- the link to the bill and progress on the bill is on this one page overview.

• VtDigger article on the Office of the Child, Youth, and Family Advocates. 

• Resolution S.16: Relating to the creation of the School Discipline Advisory Council

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Training:

• Vermont Child Welfare Training Partnership

• Vt Trauma Lens

• Free online trainings for Foster/adoptive and birth families

• Foster/adoptive Parent online trainings as low as $10

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Foster Care Child Placing Agencies:

• ​​Laraway Youth and Family services

• NFI