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Between Families Newsletter – June 2025

By June 23, 2025No Comments

WHAT’S INSIDE:

  • Feature Article – Water Safety Tips for Parents & Caregivers
  • Foster Parent Quick Tip – Don’t Be Afraid to Ask
  • Foster Parent Highlight – Meet some of our amazing foster parents!
  • Training Corner: Keeping Your Family Safe During the Summer Heat
  • TFI Scoop – Hear from our Recruitment Team.
  • Anniversaries – Recognizing foster families meeting milestones!

Featured Article

Water Safety Tips for Parents & Caregivers

From splash pads to lake days, summer offers families opportunities to cool off and have fun. At TFI, we know that water activities can be exciting and intimidating—especially for children in foster care or those new to a family through foster care adoption. That’s why we’ve put together a quick, practical guide to help you enjoy the season while keeping safety in mind…

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Kansas

Shawn and Kara Knight are licensed as a Professional Foster Home in El Dorado. They are dedicated to helping the misguided children in care and continue to give them a chance to start over.

READ MORE HERE

Nebraska

Susan and Darick Mead have lifelong passions for fostering. Susan’s inspiration comes from her mother, Penny, who fostered children growing up, while Darick’s experience aging out of the foster care system and being supported by caring foster families profoundly influenced his commitment to helping others.

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Oklahoma

Jeff and Amy Mitchell have been fostering since 2017 and demonstrate strong caregiving and organizational skills. Recently, the Mitchells welcomed newborn twin girls into their home. The family also has two biological children who are still living at home. The Mitchells provide a loving and supportive home for all four children.

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Texas

Katie and Waylon are a dedicated foster-to-adopt home licensed since November 2024. Since beginning the process of fostering and adopting their current foster child, they have been committed to providing a loving, supportive environment to help him thrive.

READ MORE HERE 

Training Corner:

Keeping Your Family Safe During the Summer Heat

Knowing how to keep kids safe during the hot summer months is essential. Spending time outside is great, as long as your child is protected by sunscreen with adequate SPF, proper hydration and clothing. Rest periods are key to avoiding heat illnesses such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Source: Signs of Heat Exhaustion & Heat Stroke in Kids – Children’s Health

Read more!

More Trainings Available

Including:

  • ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
    Aggressive Behavior: Understanding and Managing
  • Attachment, Separation, Grief, and Loss
  • Creating Discipline and Appropriate Behaviors
  • Food Insecurities in Children
  • Identifying Learning Strengths in Children
  • Improving Foster Placement Stability
    LGBTQ Youth in Care
  • Prevention of Peer-To-Peer Abuse
  • PTSD In Children and Teens
  • Regulating Emotions
  • Runaway Behaviors
  • Safe Sleep for Caregivers (SIDS Prevention)
  • Self-Care For Foster Parents

Find classes HERE

Recruitment Corner

The recruitment team is busy again this June. Here are some highlights:

Kansas

Our recruitment team is growing! We are so excited to welcome back Kasha Starr! Kasha will be recruiting in Kansas and Nebraska and brings a wealth of experience to the table. Over the next few months in Kansas, we will be setting up pizza in the park events and pool parties in various areas. Please watch TFI Village Facebook for more information on these events. We look forward to celebrating 6-2-0 Day in Pittsburg, KS on June 20 this month. Then, we will join Pride Fest in Lincoln Park in Pittsburg on June 21.

Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, we presented at Shine the Light Foster Care Info Night in Muskogee on June 5. Then, we participated in First Friday Downtown in Enid on June 6. We also set up and were featured as the Tulsa Drillers Community Spotlight in Tulsa on June 6. We were part of the Sunset Market in Seminole on June 13 and we shared at the BACA Chapter Meeting in Seminole on June 15. We are looking forward to the Oklahoma Foster Family Appreciation Event in Oklahoma City on June 21! We will have another Shine the Light Foster Care Info Night in Sallisaw on June 26 and close out June with the Selah Water Balloon Battle and Night Drone Show in Norman on June 28

Texas

In Texas, we joined the Kingdom Life Church Regional Meeting in Wichita Falls on June 5-6. We exhibited at Dios Del Nino at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art on June 7. Then, we spoke at the Kiwanis Club in Aubrey on June 10. We are excited to talk to the Mineral Wells City Council on June 17. We will participate in the Thursday Nature Program at the River Bend Nature Center in Wichita Falls on June 19. We will speak to the Palo Pinto Commissioner’s Court on June 23 and are excited to end the month with a Family Fun Day at Kiwanis Park in Wichita Falls on June 28!

Our current foster parents are our most effective recruiters! Let us know how we can support you and set up meetings with your contacts. We are in this for our foster parents and for families and children.

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