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Families First
Children and teens belong with their own families whenever possible. KVC works to safely reunify hundreds of families each year by providing parenting skills training, therapy and other support.
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On any given day, KVC Kansas provides out-of-home care for thousands of children and teens. Relatives, non-related kin like teachers and neighbors, and foster parents are all critical to providing temporary care for these children and teens. See how you can make a difference as a foster parent.
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Through KVC, you can strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help create a bright future where every person is safe and connected to a strong family and a healthy community. Please join us today! Learn More
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Our free resources help you stay informed and educated about foster care, child welfare, adoption, mental health and childhood trauma as well as how KVC Kansas is working toward building healthier communities.
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About KVC Kansas
KVC Kansas is a private, nonprofit organization that serves over 12,000 children, teens and adults each year. Our team of caring professionals provides family strengthening and foster care prevention services, foster care case management, family reunification services, foster family recruitment and support, kinship care, adoption, aftercare, outpatient therapy and more.
We envision a world in which every person is safe and connected to a strong family and a healthy community.
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Adoption Training and Support
Giving a child the foundation of a loving, caring family is a tremendously rewarding experience. This lifelong commitment can make all the difference in the world to a child! At KVC, we work to ensure the successful, life-long adoptive match of both a family and a child in need. Before and after adoption, we give families the tools, education and resources needed to ease the transition, make a successful bond and build a strong future.
Kansas Adoption Training
Most states require a training class before approving a family to adopt a child from foster care. In the state of Kansas, the required adoption training is called MAPP Foundations (Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting) – a free 30-hour course. The goal of this training is to help prospective adoptive parents gain a better understanding of their ability, willingness and readiness to adopt.
To find out when the next training class is starting, visit this page and our recruiter will contact you.
MAPP Foundations is a free comprehensive training course required by the state of Kansas for anyone wanting to become an adoptive family. A certified team of professional staff and experienced foster parents lead a series of 10 sessions that meet once a week for 3 hours, for a total of 30 hours of training. Everyone over the age of 18 in the home who will share parenting responsibilities must complete the class.
This process presents an opportunity for participants to make informed decisions about their willingness and readiness to become adoptive parents. They will learn:
- To work in partnership for the best interest of the children.
- The importance of supporting the child’s connections to their past.
- How vital it is to be sensitive to a child’s kin, culture and community.
- The reasons children come into foster care and the feeling and behaviors they bring with them.
- The different roles of foster parents and effective parenting skills.
- How children cope with the loss of family.
- How to develop trust and how to build attachments.
- How to help children build self-esteem.
Contact KVC for more information or to start your adoption journey today! We’ve successfully matched over 5,300 children with forever families and are ready to support you in your adoption journey.
Kansas Adoption Support
KVC provides individualized support services for up to six months after the adoption finalization. These services are intended to help with the transition and adjustment period while addressing any concerns, questions, challenges, and of course, celebrating wins!
We can also provide support through outpatient in-home family therapy and medication management. Additionally, we can help you address other family needs and access resources for parenting children who have experienced trauma.
Click here for a list of adoption resources and visit the Kansas Post Adoption Resource Center for other adoption resources.