One of the most important things a caregiver of children and youth in foster care can do is to help them heal from trauma.  If you can give the children in your home nurturance, structure, predictability, they have a chance of building good things inside themselves.  We want to help you foster such an environment!  Click here for a quick read that will explain some of the basics and give you tips by the author of “The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog” and“Born to Love”, Dr. Bruce Perry.

Another important factor in bringing good outcomes for our children and youth is education.  According to the National Working Group on Foster Care and Education’s October 2011 report, “Success in school can be a positive counterweight to the abuse, neglect, separation and impermanence experienced by children and youth in foster care. Click here for the entire report.

It Takes An `Ohana (ITAO) became a part of Family Programs Hawaii’s (FPH) in 2010, allowing ITAO to renew our concentration on our core mission with greater support and resources. Click here to check us out on Facebook.