RESOURCES
Project 1.27 connects families to community resources, including meals, support groups, Parent’s Night Outs, conferences, and learning opportunities.
SUPPORT
Project 1.27 provides families with a case manager who will walk them through the foster care process, a well-trained support team to help along the way, monthly meals, and hard goods.
TRAINING
Project 1.27 offers State-Certified training for foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers. It also offers opportunities throughout the year for ongoing training hours, including the Hope for the Journey Conference, Advanced Training classes, and Trauma-Informed Training.
COMMUNITY
Project 1.27 has a community of foster and adoptive parents across Colorado and annual events to connect with others, including a teen group, summer picnic, and family Christmas party.
ADVANCED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Project 1.27 is now providing Advanced Training! Receive additional biblically-based training on the topics that foster and adoptive parents need most. Project 1.27 Advanced Training classes are...
- Led by experienced Christian trainers
- Offered from a biblical perspective
- Designed to take a deeper dive into topics foster and adoptive parents say are important to them
- Valid recertification training hours
Stay up-to-date on available resources through Project 1.27’s monthly e-newsletter and Facebook page.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Find additional training opportunities on these sites:
Colorado Child Welfare Training Academy | Empowered to Connect | Raise the Future
Foster Source | Beyond Words Psychological Services | Beyond Consequences
Robyn Gobbel | CAFO Conference
Colorado Child Welfare Training Academy | Empowered to Connect | Raise the Future
Foster Source | Beyond Words Psychological Services | Beyond Consequences
Robyn Gobbel | CAFO Conference
THE PROCESS
Our goal is to make the process of becoming a certified foster parent as clear as possible. From providing Colorado state approved training to helping families navigate paperwork, Project 1.27 Case Managers are available to help the whole way through.
A CORD OF THREE STRANDS IS NOT QUICKLY BROKEN
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
-Ecclesiastes 4:12
-Ecclesiastes 4:12
SUPPORT TEAM
Your Support Team is a group of friends and/or family members that are willing to commit to supporting you during your foster or adoptive journey. The support you receive from your Support Team can make the difference between a thriving family and disheartening isolation.
Project 1.27 families are required to bring at least four Support Team Members to Support Team Training before approaching their agency for certification.
A Support Team member commits to:
Project 1.27 families are required to bring at least four Support Team Members to Support Team Training before approaching their agency for certification.
A Support Team member commits to:
- Pray for your family.
- Understand the foster care/adoption journey by participating in Support Team Training and utilizing the monthly Support Team Blogs.
- Spend time with family and children.
- Encourage by assisting with practical needs like short-term child care, transportation, meals, house cleaning, yard work, etc.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Having adequate support is essential when fostering or adopting. While there is ongoing Case Manager support available to every Project 1.27 family, we encourage you to find local support groups which provides networking, encouragement and ongoing training. Join one of the listed support groups, or if there’s nothing in your area, contact us to start one
We do our best to keep an updated list of Colorado support groups, but if you know of any changes to support group times or locations, please keep us updated by emailing [email protected].
If you are attending a support group session as part of your Project 1.27 training, please fill out and bring this certificate to the support group. Remember, this is an opportunity to observe and identify questions to ask your Case Manager.
If you are attending a support group session as part of your Project 1.27 training, please fill out and bring this certificate to the support group. Remember, this is an opportunity to observe and identify questions to ask your Case Manager.
FIND A JAMES 1.27 CHURCH
Christians are called to care for the orphaned, children who need the protection and provision of a family. In our own neighborhoods, there are kids in foster care who need us to provide safety and stability in the midst of a family crisis.
A CHURCH WHERE...
HOW CAN PROJECT 1.27 HELP...
- Caring for vulnerable children is part of the church culture
- Everyone in the congregation is consistently reminded to care for vulnerable children
- Foster, kinship and adoptive families find encouragement and practical support
- Children who have experienced trauma, grief and loss can grow into the people God designed them to be
HOW CAN PROJECT 1.27 HELP...
- Provide information about foster care, kinship and adoption
- Support development of a foster, kinship and adoption ministry
- Offer foster, kinship, adoption friendly church designation so your church can be easily identified by those families
- Offer biblically based, state approved certification training
- Provide ongoing support and encouragement to ministry leaders and families
FOSTER CLOSETS
Foster Closets are a valuable resource for families and children.
FAMILY FAQS
We know this process brings a lot of questions. We have some answers for you!
