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About Us/Acerca de Nosotros
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WFAPA is a peer and volunteer-based organization that supports and advocates for foster and adoptive parents by offering training, support program and helps to create and support different legislative measures with our fellow representatives in Madison.
WFAPA's conferences bring in highly qualified speakers who help educate on how to handle or better understand tough issues.
WFAPA conferences reach a statewide population, and WFAPA encourages networking amongst foster and adoptive parents. You never know who might just have an answer for you!
WFAPA also educates the public and brings a more positive light to foster and adoptive parenting through stories in different areas of the media (including radio, newspapers, etc.) and through our quilt, which tells the stories of several children.
WFAPA es una organización basada en el compañerismo y en el voluntariado que apoya y defiende a los padres de crianza y adoptivos, ofreciendo cursos de formación, un programa de apoyo, y ayuda para crear y dar apoyo a las diferentes medidas legislativas de nuestros representantes en Madison.
Las conferencias WFAPA traen a ponentes altamente cualificados que ayudan a educar sobre cómo manejar o entender mejor las cuestiones difíciles.
Las conferencias WFAPA se enfocan a una población a nivel estatal, y WFAPA alienta a la creación de redes entre padres de crianza y adoptivos. ¡Nunca se sabe quién podría tener una respuesta para usted!
WFAPA también educa al público y aporta una luz más positiva para los padres de crianza y adoptivos por medio de historias en diferentes áreas de los medios de comunicación (incluida la radio, los periódicos, etc.), y a través de nuestra “colcha”, la cual cuenta las historias de varios niños.
Other Supported Organizations / Otras Organizaciones que Apoyamos
SAAN
Surviving Allegations of
Abuse and Neglect
SAAN is a peer driven support network. The purpose of which is to minimize the trauma of foster and adoptive families while undergoing an allegation without compromising the integrity of that investigation.
Foster parents welcome children into their home that bring their histories and issues along with them. For this reason, foster parents are at a higher risk of someday having an allegation against them.
Undergoing an investigation is a stressful and scary situation for anyone, whether or not the investigation is substantiated.
SAAN is here to help provide information to support you throughout the investigation proces.
To contact SAAN:
Click on SAAN or FASP or
Call FASPP Volunteer
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FASPP
Foster and Adoptive Support and Preservation Program
FASPP’s mission is to meet the needs of foster and adoptive parents statewide through a network of peer driven support and information which will help to preserve foster and adoptive families.
Are you under investigation?
Do you need information?
Are you feeling lost?
If so, FASPP may be able to help! Our FASPP volunteers are highly trained to provide you with information to guide you through various issues. FASPP is made up of volunteers: fellow foster or adoptive parents.
1-715-938-6110: specialized in native american fostering and motherly advice
1-715-938-6120: advice on fostering young children
1-715-938-6150: advice from an adoptive mother of many children
1-715-938-6140: advice on working with teen boys
SAAN
Surviving Allegations of
Abuse and Neglect
SAAN es una red de apoyo basada en el compañerismo. Su propósito es minimizar el trauma de las familias de crianza y adoptivas mientras se ven sometidas a una acusación sin comprometer la integridad de la investigación.
Los padres de crianza acogen a niños en su casa que traen consigo historias y asuntos. Por esta razón, los padres adoptivos se encuentran en un mayor riesgo de tener algún día una denuncia en su contra.
Estar bajo investigación es una situación estresante y aterradora, tanto si la investigación está fundamentada como si no.
SAAN está aquí para ayudar a ofrecerle información de apoyo durante la totalidad del proceso de investigación.
Para contactar con SAAN:
Haga clic en SAAN o en FASPP o
Llame a un Voluntario de FASPP
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FASPP
Foster and Adoptive Support and Preservation Program
La misión de FASPP es satisfacer las necesidades de los padres de crianza y adoptivos en todo el estado a través de una red de apoyo basada en el compañerismo, y con información que ayudará a preservar las familias de crianza y adoptivas.
- ¿Está usted siendo investigado?
- ¿Necesita más información?
- ¿Se siente perdido?
Si es así, ¡FASPP puede ayudarle! Nuestros voluntarios FASPP están altamente capacitados para brindarle información que le guiará a través de diversos temas. FASPP consiste en voluntarios: otros padres de crianza o adoptivos.
1-715-938-6110
1-715-938-6120
1-715-938-6150
1-715-938-6140
Usted puede llamar a cualquiera de los números de la lista; por ahora, sólo hay disponible servicio en inglés.
WFAPA Timeline
WISCONSIN FEDERATION OF FOSTER PARENTS ORGANIZATIONS
Mid– 1950s — Foster parent organizations began to appear in Wisconsin
January 1971 — Mary Reistroffer, well–known in the state for her work with foster parents, was instrumental in much of the initial operation of the organization.
• A Steering Committee was formed.
• Simultaneously, the first National Foster Parents Meeting was being set in Chicago
• Mary Reistroffer was elected to serve as Interim Chairperson
April 20, 1971 — The Federation was declared formed and a rough draft of the Constitution and By–Laws would serve as guidelines for operation until the start of the membership year on October 1, 1971.
May 7 – 9, 1971 — Approximately 20 Wisconsinites attended the First National Conference of Foster Parents at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago.
October 16, 1971 — The First Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Federation of Foster Parent Organizations was held at the Moravian Church in Wisconsin Rapids. Officers elected were: President– Kenneth Brost, Madison; Vice–President– Lee Adams,Eau Claire; Secretary– James Wen, Oregon; and Treasurer– Sophie Henry, Oakfield.
May 5 – 7 — The Second National Conference of Foster Parents was held in Denver and was attended by more than 30 foster parents and 6 social workers.
September 20 – 21, 1972 — Two identical 2nd Annual Foster Family Care Conferences were held: one in Milwaukee and the other in Wausau. Officers elected were: President– Carl Jones, Mazomanie; Vice–President– Robert Rauscher, Schofield; Secretary– Robert Rickaby, Green Bay; and Treasurer– Jean Roszina.
March 2010 - FASPP (Foster and Adoption Support and Preservation Program)