Bergen County Foster and Adoptive Parents

www.fafsbc.com

Come To Our Most Important Meeting of the Year

Date & TIME: Tuesday, April 8, 2008,  7:00 to 9:00pm

NEW Place:           Bergen County Courthouse

                                    Room 404 (Jury Room)

THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING that will introduce foster parents to the roles of the staff in our Bergen Local Offices.  Through this panel discussion we will gain a better understanding of the many players in the case management of the children we foster.  We will also garner insight on who, what, when, and how to move up the chain of command.  Note: questions to the panel should be general and not case specific.

    Bergen County DYFS Panel Speakers

         Regional Manager

         Local Office Manager

         Case Practice Specialist

         Casework Supervisor (foster & adoptive)

         Supervisor (foster & adoptive)

         Caseworker (foster & adoptive)

         In-take worker

         Resource Family Specialist

         Office Nurse

All foster parents attending this meeting will receive 2 hours training credit towards their annual license requirements.

Foster Parents will be reimbursed for babysitting – the rate of reimbursement is $8.00 per hour (this rate is not ‘per child’).  Forms for reimbursement will be available at the meeting.

Additional training is available on-line at www.fafsonline.org.