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The More Than Enough Dashboard
The More Than Enough Dashboard
To reach more than enough for children and families in foster care, first you have to know where you are — and who’s there with you. That’s why we created the More Than Enough dashboard. It displays local, recent foster care data and statistics at the county level, wherever possible. It helps you find other … Read more
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CAFO2025 Full Conference Audio Download
CAFO2025 Full Conference Audio Download
Now available! Purchase the audio recordings from the General Sessions and Instructional workshops from the CAFO2025 conference in Houston, TX to enjoy at your own pace. This year’s CAFO2025 theme is “DISTINCT: Different from the World, for the World. Of this we can be sure: what our world needs most is not just more of … Read more
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Screen Limits for Family Flourishing
Screen Limits for Family Flourishing
Screen Limits for Family Flourishing offers a biblically grounded, research-informed guide to help parents set wise screen limits. This booklet helps you move from simply managing screens to intentionally shaping technology’s role in your home around what matters most for your children’s health and growth: attention, self-control, relational closeness, real-life experiences and freedom from the … Read more
Transitioning to Adulthood from Alternative Care Infographic
Transitioning to Adulthood from Alternative Care Infographic
This infographic summarizes findings from a global study of 962 adults with lived experience in alternative care across more than 20 countries. The research explores why children enter care and what most affects their transition into adulthood. Three main themes emerged: (a) relationships and social networks, showing the importance of stable, supportive relationships and psychosocial … Read more
When There is Crisis
When There is Crisis
A Handbook for Christian Foster & Adoptive Families Facing Serious Struggle. Foster and adoptive parents long for their children to experience hope in places of deep and complex pain. Yet seasons of behavioral, emotional or developmental crisis can be part of the journey — and may feel overwhelming. When There Is Crisis is a handbook … Read more
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Gen Z and Mental Well-Being Webinar
Gen Z and Mental Well-Being Webinar
Practical Ideas for Christian Leaders and Parents Loving Vulnerable Children and Families Amid rising anxiety and depression, young people report being less happy and healthy, with greater struggles in purpose, character, and relationships. How can Christian parents and leaders respond – not with fear, but with wisdom and hope? This webinar, featuring Barna’s Gen Z and Mental … Read more
El Papel de Los Factores de Protección y La Resiliencia
El Papel de Los Factores de Protección y La Resiliencia
Esta infografía comparte los aspectos más destacados de un estudio que analiza el papel que desempeñan los factores de protección en la amortiguación de las adversidades tempranas, lo que puede ayudarnos a promover mejores resultados en los niños a pesar de experiencias infantiles difíciles.
The Role of Protective Factors & Resilience
The Role of Protective Factors & Resilience
This infographic shares the highlights of a study looking at the role protective factors play in buffering early adversity which can help us promote better outcomes in children despite difficult childhood experiences.
Telling Your Story
Telling Your Story
You have a story of why you are passionate about foster care—and you want to tell it in a compelling and respectful way. But from figuring out what’s appropriate to share to figuring out what to cut when you don’t have much time, telling your story can be challenging. Enroll in Telling Your Story, a … Read more
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Created to Heal: How Neuroplasticity Offers Hope for Children & Their Families
Created to Heal: How Neuroplasticity Offers Hope for Children & Their Families
Brains can heal from trauma. The brain is infinitely complex and easily molded by the environment around it. For children who have experienced early adversity, this can seem like bad news. Maltreatment and other obstacles can lead our brain to form in unhealthy ways. However, the brain can also be positively influenced by its environment. … Read more
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Creado Para Sanar: Cómo La Neuroplasticidad Ofrece Esperanza para Los Niños y Las Familias
Creado Para Sanar: Cómo La Neuroplasticidad Ofrece Esperanza para Los Niños y Las Familias
El cerebro puede ser sanado del impacto del trauma. El cerebro es infinitamente complejo y fácilmente moldeable por el entorno que le rodea. Para los niños que han sufrido adversidades tempranas, esto puede parecer una mala noticia. Los malos tratos y otros obstáculos pueden hacer que nuestro cerebro se forme de manera no saludable. Sin … Read more
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Unburdening Summertime to Promote Flourishing
Unburdening Summertime to Promote Flourishing
We all want to fill our summer with good things. It’s easy to imagine, as one activity is added after another, that each of these good opportunities piles more good into our summer. Yet, the reality is that so often as we do this, our lives become unintentionally overscheduled, leaving our days crammed and our spirits exhausted. Sometimes, in … Read more
What is the Institute for Family-Centered Healing & Health?
What is the Institute for Family-Centered Healing & Health?
Explore the Rationale, Purpose and Vision of the CAFO Family Institute.
Mobilization Resources for Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot
Mobilization Resources for Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot
Inspired by the incredible true story, Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot follows Donna and Reverend Martin as they ignite a movement of compassion in their small East Texas church to care for children who needed foster or adoptive families, leading the charge to prove that faith, community and perseverance have the power … Read more
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Current Trauma Research: A Collaborative Review
Current Trauma Research: A Collaborative Review
For those interested in current developments in trauma-related research and how it may intersect with their day-to-day work, the CAFO Institute for Family-Centered Healing & Health has created this collaborative review working document of current trauma research. Trauma-informed care is an emerging and dynamic field. It is rich in opportunity for fresh exploration, discovery, application … Read more
Between Growth and Challenge: Biological Children’s Experiences in Foster, Adoptive and Kinship Families
Between Growth and Challenge: Biological Children’s Experiences in Foster, Adoptive and Kinship Families
Children who grow up as the biological children in foster, adoptive or kinship families are often overlooked in research and policy. Yet their experiences are deeply shaped by these family systems and have implications for personal well-being. This study explores what they see as the most meaningful and most difficult parts of growing up in … Read more
