2017-18 Unit Plan
Foster Kinship Care Education

Mission Statement

The Butte College Foster/Kinship Care Education (FKCE) Program strives to provide support to potential and on-going foster parents, kinship care providers, adoptive parents, non-extended family members and other members of the community to help them meet the changing and increasingly challenging needs of youth and families through many diverse types of workshops. Workshops are provided in three locations in day, night and weekend time to make it more convenient to meet the needs of participants. State FKCE Mission Statement: "The More We Know The More They Grow"

Program Description

The Butte College Foster/Kinship Care Education Program provides to any member of the community diverse education to benefit those working with children, teens and families. Workshops are provided all year round, and include ongoing weekly meetings as well as intensive two-day workshops. Some of the workshops offered include Foster Parenting Resource Family Approval (RFA), Nurturing Parenting, Positive Discipline, Active Parenting of Teens, Six Core Strengths for Healthy Childhood Development, Developing Capable Young People. Topic specific workshops like Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Communication and Relationship Skills, Multi-Level Anger Management, Attachment Parenting, Understanding Fetal Alcohol and Drug Exposed Youth and a wide variety of other workshops are also offered to support families and other adults who work with youth.

Student Learning/Administrative Unit Outcomes


        

        
        
        
Standards/Goals for Student Achievement (OSLED Departments)

        
            

        

        
        
        
Standards/Goals for Student Achievement (All Other Departments)

        

        

        

        
Strategic Direction

        

        

        
        
        
Program Review

        
Butte College Foster/Kinship Care Education will be included in the next Career and Employment Services program review schedule.

        

        
        
        
Department Goals

        
The Foster/Kinship Care Education (FKCE) Program will continue to look for ways to increase visibility in the community. FKCE will work at strengthening current colaborative partnerships by participating in committees and work groups that produce goods for community members. FKCE is always inquiring from community partners about precieved training needs and how we can help meet the need. We always have a spirit of inclusiveness and support to participants in workshops.

        



        
Future Development Strategies

        

                    
Strategy 1 - Community Collaboration

                    

                        
Foster Kinship Care Education Program:


    

  • Continue to strenthen existing community partnerships
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  • Seek new community parnerships
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  • Continue serving on Child Abuse Prevention Council, Butte County Childrens Coordinating Council and Office of Education Local Planning Council
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  • Increase program visibility in community and on campus
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                            Initiatives
                            

                            
    
                                    
  • Using Data-Informed Processes for Continuous Improvement
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  • Maximizing Resources to Support Student Learning
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  • Enhancing a Culture of Inclusiveness
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                        Supporting Rationale

                        
    

  • Collaboration with community and campus partners
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  • Provides all of the Resource Family Approval (RFA) Trainings for Butte and Glenn Counties which is the only way that community members can be approved to be foster parents, adoptive parents, kinship care providers or non-extended family member caregivers
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  • Provides parent education opportunities critical in working with youth
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  • Provide life strengthening workshops for personal growth
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  • Be available to promote program
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                        Supporting Rationale Alignment

                        Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations: No

                        Supports Changes from Student Learning Outcomes Assessment: No

                        
                        
                    


        
    
    
    
        
Requested Non-Financial Resources

        

            
None.

            
        

    


        
Current Financial Resources

        

            
Foster Kinship Care Education Program: