State Foster/Adoptive Family Associations/Coalitions
Series: Related Organizations Lists
Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway
State-level associations/coalitions of families that work to strengthen foster and adoptive parents and kinship/relative caregiver families through training, support, advocacy, and outreach activities. State-specific warmlines for foster/resource parents are included, as available. If your State has a foster/adoptive family association that is ON THE WEB and not included on this list, please contact Child Welfare Information Gateway at OrganizationUpdates@childwelfare.gov
Alabama
Alabama Foster and Adoptive Families Association
1091 County Road 1659
Cullman, Alabama 35058
Phone: (888) 545-2372
Email: afapa@afapa.org
nadid: 25092
Alaska
Alaska Center for Resource Families
815 2nd Avenue
Suite 202
Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
Phone: (907) 479-7307
Toll-Free: (800) 478-7307
Email: acrf@nwresource.org
nadid: 10558
Arizona
Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents
14202 N. 73rd Ave
Peoria, Arizona 85381
Phone: (602) 884-1801
Email: info@azafap.org
nadid: 25094
Arizona Department of Child Safety
Arizona
For Foster and Kinship questions, please call the warmline at 1-877-543-7633 option 3.
nadid: 30699
California
California State Foster Parent Association
California
Phone: (707) 689-8866
nadid: 25095
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
California
The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services provides a caregiver warmline (7 days a week). For information, call (877) 323-7165
nadid: 30700
Colorado
Colorado State Foster Parent Association
6655 W. Jewell Ave
Suite 107
Lakewood, Colorado 80232
Email: office@csfpa.net
nadid: 30608
Colorado Coalition of Adoptive Families (COCAF)
PO Box 270398
Louisville, Colorado 80027-0398
Toll-Free: (303) 562-9864
Email: deborah.cave@cocaf.org
nadid: 25096
Connecticut
Connecticut Alliance of Foster and Adoptive Families
2189 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 2
Rocky Hill, Connecticut 06067
Phone: (860) 258-3400
Toll-Free: (800) 861-8838
Email: info@cafafct.org
nadid: 25097
District of Columbia
Foster and Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center (FAPAC)
508 Kennedy Street NW
Room 303
Washington, District of Columbia 20011
Phone: (202) 269-9441
Email: info@dcfapac.org
nadid: 30139
Florida
FloridaFAPA
Florida
Toll-Free: (866) 913-0977
Email: info@floridafapa.org
FloridaFAPA seeks to support, educate, and advocate on behalf of foster and adoptive families.
nadid: 30302
Georgia
Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia
Georgia
nadid: 25114
Georgia Center for Resources and Support
80 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
Phone: (404) 929-0401
nadid: 25100
Hawaii
It Takes an Ohana Hawaii (Formerly the Hawaii Foster Parent Association)
Hawaii
Phone: (808) 540-2543
nadid: 25101
Hawaii Department of Human Services
Hawaii
Warm Line/Support Line for Resource Caregivers (open 7 days per week, 8:30 AM-10.00 PM) open 7 days per week. Oahu (808) 545-1130/Neighbor Islands 1-866-545-0882 (Toll-free)
nadid: 30703
Illinois
Iowa
Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association
Iowa
Phone: (515) 229-8747
nadid: 25104
Kansas
Kansas Foster and Adoptive Families Association
Kansas
Phone: (913) 283-4243
nadid: 25105
Kentucky
Kentucky Foster/Adoptive Care Association
346 Pleasant Hill Lane
Orlando, Kentucky 40460
Phone: (606) 784-7826
Email: KFACA1988@gmail.com
nadid: 25106
Kinship Families Coalition of Kentucky
Kentucky
The Kinship Families Coalition of Kentucky is a community group dedicated to raising awareness of the issues surrounding kinship care in Kentucky and forwarding recommendations for policy changes to increase supports for kinship families. Members from across the state of Kentucky include relative caregivers, advocacy organizations, and support service providers.
nadid: 30476
Louisiana
Louisiana Foster and Adoptive Parents Association
Louisiana
Phone: (318) 614-8177
nadid: 25107
Maine
Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine & the Kinship Program
34 Main Street
Orono, Maine 04473
Phone: (207) 827-2331
Toll-Free: (800) 833-9786
Email: info@affm.net
nadid: 21192
Maryland
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Alliance for Families
Massachusetts
Phone: (781) 861-0890
nadid: 25108
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC)
3815 Washington Street
Suite 2
Boston, Massachusetts 02130
Phone: (781) 861-0890
Phone: (617) 983-5800
MSPCC Kid’s Net Program provides a range of services to connect foster, pre-adoptive, and kinship families to the information, resources, respite and support networks they need to address the unique challenges that come with raising foster children.
nadid: 29900
Michigan
Fostering Forward Michigan
Michigan
Phone: (517) 225-7145
nadid: 25110
Missouri
Nebraska
Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
3601 N. 25th Street
Suite D
Lincoln, Nebraska 68521
Phone: (402) 476-2273
Toll-Free: (877) 257-0176
nadid: 3211
Nevada
Raise the Future
Nevada
Phone: (702) 436-6335
nadid: 30320
Foster Change
Nevada
Phone: 877-332-2272
Foster Change is the official Foster, Kinship and Adoptive Family Association of Southern Nevada serving families that provide care by offering free trainings and access to continued education, resources, seasonal family events, and support groups. Foster Change also serves as a neutral bridge between the Department of Family Services and foster, kinship, and adoptive families, in an effort to ensure that communication and collaboration are integrated through a unified vision.
nadid: 11094
Foster Kinship
Nevada
nadid: 27166
New Hampshire
New Hampshire (NH) Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
New Hampshire
Phone: (603) 545-5022
nadid: 25113
New Jersey
New York
New York Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition
New York
Phone: (646) 688-4321
Email: info@affcny.org
nadid: 25116
North Carolina
Foster Family Alliance
2609 Atlantic Avenue
Suite 105
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: (800) 578-7770
nadid: 30083
Ohio
Ohio Family Care Association
303 E. Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: (614) 222-2712
Email: office@ofcaonline.org
nadid: 27252
Oklahoma
Foster Care and Adoptive Association of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Phone: (877) 322-6411
Email: fcaoboard@gmail.com
nadid: 27234
Oregon
Oregon Foster Parent Association
PO Box 366
410 Mill Street
Salem, Oregon 97308
Phone: (503) 361-3906
Toll-Free: (888) 544-3402
Email: office@ofpa.com
nadid: 26969
Northwest Adoptive Families Association (Oregon)
Oregon
Phone: (971) 328-1580
nadid: 25117
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Resource Family Association
Pennsylvania
Phone: (800) 951-5151
nadid: 25118
Rhode Island
Foster Forward (Rhode Island)
55 South Brow Street
East Providence, Rhode Island 02914
Phone: (401)438-3900
nadid: 25119
South Carolina
South Carolina Foster Parents Association
PO Box 39
Elgin, South Carolina 29045
Toll-Free: (888) 828-3555
nadid: 25120
Tennessee
Tennessee Foster Adoptive Care Association
P.O. Box 332428
Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37133
Phone: (865) 824-8699
Email: tfacapresident@gmail.com
nadid: 29722
Texas
Utah
Virginia
NewFound Families
Virginia
Phone: (877)823-2237
Toll-Free: (877) 823-2237
nadid: 25258
Washington
Foster Parents Association of Washington State
Washington
Toll-Free: (800) 391-2273:
Email: fpaws@fpaws.org
nadid: 25124
West Virginia
WV Foster Adoptive & Kinship Parents Network
1422 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Phone: (304) 807-9535
Email: wvfakpn@gmail.com
nadid: 30315
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Foster and Adoptive Parent Association, Inc.
901 7th Street
Menasha, Wisconsin 54952
Phone: (920) 725-4450
nadid: 25125