Resources
Resources for Parents
Statewide Information
For Adoptive Parents:
For Foster Parents:
- 50 Ways to Help Youth Transition to Adulthood (PDF)
- Duties of a DSS Foster Care Worker (PDF)
- Juvenile Justice — What Parents Need to Know (PDF)
- College Prep Guide and Workbook (PDF)
- Entering Foster Care (PDF)
- Foster Youth Transition Toolkit (PDF)
- Medication Lingo (PDF)
- DSS Foster Care Overview (PDF)
- DSS Foster Care Reviews (PDF)
- Foster Care Timeline (PDF)
- Glossary of Terms (DOCX)
- Helping Youth Transition to Adulthood (PDF)
- Unhelpful Thinking Styles (PDF)
Resilience:
LGBTQ Information:
Statewide Information
Fredericksburg Info:
Fredericksburg Region Summer Camps:
- Caroline County Parks and Recreation (PDF)
- Culpeper Kid Central’s Camp (PDF)
- Fredericksburg Hazelwild Farm (DOCX)
- Fredericksburg Nature Camps (PDF)
- Spotsylvania County Parks Summer Camp (PDF)
- Stafford Summer Camp Info
- Caroline Family YMCA (PDF)
- Fredericksburg Leisure Camp Information (PDF)
- Fredericksburg Hazelwild Summer Application (DOCX)
- Fredericksburg Sports Camps (PDF)
- Stafford Massad YMCA (PDF)
- Culpeper County Summer Camp (PDF)
- Fredericksburg Germanna Work and Education Programs (PDF)
- Fredericksburg Leisure Camp Registration (PDF)
- King George County YMCA (PDF)
- Spotsylvania County Parks Camp Registration (PDF)
- Stafford Summer Camp Handbook (PDF)
For Youth in Fredericksburg Region:
Fredericksburg Web Links
- Center for Parent Information and Resources
- National Foster Parent Association
- Parent Network and Resource Center
- Children’s Mental Health Resource Center
- New Found Families (formerly FACES of VA)
- Virginia Department of Social Services
- Formed Families Forward
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Pacer Center – Parent Training and Information
- What Works in Education
Northern Virginia Region
Northern Virginia Info:
- Dulles Moms Family Activities
- Fairfax County CSA
- Fairfax County Police Department
- Inova Kellar Center Healthcare
- Merrifield Emergency Services
- Fair Oaks Hospital
- Fairfax County Food Shelters and Services
- Fairfax Family Activities
- Fairfax Hospital
- Inova Urgent Care
- NOVA Crisis Info (DOCX)
- Fairfax County Child Protective Services
- Fairfax County Parks Family Activities
- Fairfax Family Fun
- Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
- Local Homeless Shelters
- Washington Parent Family Activities
Tidewater Region
Training and Classes in Tidewater Region:
Support Groups in Tidewater Region:
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