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Dreams on Wheels: The Success of Our Holiday Bike Drive

The holiday season is a time for giving, and for the past seven years, our agency has been working tirelessly to provide new bicycles to foster youth in need through our “Dreams on Wheels” bike drive. We are thrilled to report that we collected a total of 158 bikes, and were able to distribute 118 of those bikes to foster youth in Shasta, Siskiyou, and Tehama counties during the 2022 holiday season. None of this would have been possible without the help of our community partners. We would like [...]

By Children First FFA|2023-02-24T20:07:24+00:00February 24th, 2023|Events|Comments Off

Redding Garden of Lights at Turtle Bay

As the holiday season approached, our agency looked for ways to bring joy and cheer to our resource families, who work tirelessly to provide a safe and loving home for foster youth in our community. This year, we partnered with the Turtle Bay Exploration Center to offer our families a magical night at the Redding Garden of Lights. On December 12th, 2022, we welcomed about 73 of our resource parents from Siskiyou, Shasta, and Tehama counties, along with a total of around 300 attendees, including employees and their families, for [...]

By Children First FFA|2023-02-24T19:39:03+00:00February 24th, 2023|Events|Comments Off

Foster care | Respite Care a Great Starting Point

If you have been thinking about becoming a foster parent, you might be feeling both excited and intimidated by the opportunity. For some people, it’s best to get started by “testing the waters” without committing to becoming a foster parent right from the start. Providing respite care is a great opportunity in this case. Before providing full foster care in Yuba City, you can make yourself available as a respite care provider. This is another category that plays an important role in the system and you can be sure that [...]

By Children First FFA|2023-04-12T19:35:21+00:00January 24th, 2023|Foster Care in CA|Comments Off

Foster agency in Sutter County | How Many Foster Children Are Reunited with Their Biological Parents?

When a child doesn’t have a safe and stable situation available at home with their biological parents, the foster care system can step in and provide assistance. It’s great that this system is available, and it has helped countless children through the generations. With that said, the primary objective of foster care is to eventually reunite each child with their biological parents once it is safe to do so. You may be wondering how often this reunification is possible? As a foster agency in Sutter County, we have handled many [...]

By Children First FFA|2023-01-25T10:24:00+00:00January 16th, 2023|Foster agency|Comments Off

Foster Care in Sutter County | Taking Small First Steps

It’s easy to get stuck in the planning stage when it comes to getting qualified as a foster parent. Even if you have decided that you would like to get involved in the program, you might find yourself stalled as you look at the list of things that needs to be done before you are approved to receive a placement. If you’d like to get involved in foster care in Sutter County, the best thing you can do is to approach this like any other big project – in other [...]

By Children First FFA|2023-01-05T20:26:02+00:00January 10th, 2023|Foster Care in CA|Comments Off

Resource family agency in Yuba City CA | Should You Work with a Resource Family Agency?

For many people, becoming a foster parent feels like a calling. There is just something about caring for children in need that calls to people, and we are very thankful for their efforts. While this calling is a strong one, there are also feelings of fear and apprehension that come along with trying to go through the foster care process. That’s where a qualified resource family agency in Yuba City CA comes into the picture. With assistance from a team that works in this world day after day, it will [...]

By Children First FFA|2023-01-05T20:22:02+00:00January 5th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off

Is Transitional Housing Really Necessary? | Transitional Housing in Redding CA

The foster system in California provides much-needed care for young people up to the age of 18. At that point, they age out of the system and will need to find their way in the world. That might sound like a logical approach – they are adults at 18, after all – but how realistic is it for a young person to succeed alone at just 18? Given the uphill battle that this situation is sure to present, transitional housing in Redding CA is available to help these young people [...]

By Children First FFA|2022-11-01T16:59:03+00:00November 21st, 2022|Transitional Housing Program|Comments Off

Make Steady Progress Towards an Exciting Goal | Become a Resource Parent in California

There are many different reasons to become a resource parent in California. For some, it’s the opportunity to help the community and make a difference in the life of many young people that is too appealing to pass up. Or, you might be driven by the chance to test yourself in difficult situations, growing as a person along the way. Whatever the case, you’ll need to check all of the right boxes on the way toward becoming approved as a foster parent – and Children First Foster Family Agency is [...]

By Children First FFA|2022-11-01T16:55:48+00:00November 15th, 2022|Resource Parent Requirements in CA|Comments Off

No Time to Waste | THP NMD Provider in Yuba City

For a young person who will soon be aging out of the foster system, their 18th birthday can come and go very quickly. It might seem like there is plenty of time to plan for the future, and then suddenly, there is no time at all, and life is thrown into disarray. To avoid this unsettling outcome, it’s best to work with a THP NMD provider in Yuba City right away to consider all possibilities and create a plan that will offer stability and opportunity moving forward. Getting Ahead of [...]

By Children First FFA|2022-11-01T16:43:33+00:00November 8th, 2022|Transitional Housing Program|Comments Off

Navigating a Complicated System | THP NMD Provider in Sutter County

It’s easy to understand the importance of utilizing the transitional housing program in the state of California. For a young person who has had a difficult childhood, getting help through the THP can pave the way for a more successful adult life than what would have been possible otherwise. With that said, accessing all of the available resources can be difficult in some cases, so working with an experienced THP NMD provider in Sutter County is an opportunity that should not be ignored. Nothing Changes Overnight | THP NMD provider [...]

By Children First FFA|2022-11-01T16:40:35+00:00November 1st, 2022|Transitional Housing Program|Comments Off

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