FaithBridge began with a simple premise: Fostering children from hard places is incredibly difficult...and to make it easier, families shouldn’t foster alone.

That’s why we developed the FaithBridge Community of CareSM.

The FaithBridge Community of CareSM attracts, engages and retains families in foster care ministry—as foster families and as support team volunteers. This ministry model allows everyone to use their unique gifts and talents to care for their community’s foster children.

Certified ministry leaders are trained to develop and manage a FaithBridge Community of CareSM in their local area and learn how to:

• conduct a local comprehensive landscape study• develop an annual ministry plan• cast vision and raise awareness of the local foster care crisis• train and equip families for service in Christian foster care ministry• deploy a support system that helps foster families and volunteers “stick”• use best-in-class resources and tools to ensure a healthy• measure ministry outcomes using FaithBridge web tools

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About the FaithBridge Community of CareSM FaithBridge’s research-based, integrated foster care delivery model is called the FaithBridge Community of CareSM. It has two primary distinctions: trained volunteers who provide unparalleled support to foster families as well as a FaithBridge foster family consultant who provides child welfare and spiritual support to families.

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Families Shouldn’t Foster AloneFaithBridge asked our current and former foster families to complete a brief, online survey to help us better understand their experiences, needs and perceptions about the volunteer support they receive as foster parents. The survey was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the FaithBridge Community of Care, our ministry model that surrounds foster families with the unparalleled support of trained volunteers and paid professionals.

Key findings:

• 9 out of 10 FaithBridge foster families had access to a volunteer support network• 3 out of 4 FaithBridge foster families took advantage of their volunteer support network within a

60-day window• Four key volunteer opportunities are requested most often by foster families: respite care,

babysitting, transportation and meals, clothing and supplies.

Get details on these and other findings in a 30-page e-book.Download a copy at www.faithbridgefostercare.org/cocebook

About FaithBridge Foster CareFaithBridge Foster Care is a Christ-centered, nonprofit that is changing the way America does foster care by mobilizing, organizing and equipping local churches to solve their community’s foster care crisis. FaithBridge Foster Care is part of the FaithBridge Group family of companies, along with FaithBridge Consulting and FaithBridge Psychological Services. See www.faithbridgegroup.com for more information.

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