Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia (AFPAG)

Supporting Georgia's adoptive and foster parents and their families

Welcome to our web site! We hope our site will allow everyone to stay in close contact with the Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia, and it will also allow the Association to stay closer to Georgia's approximately 4,000 foster and adoptive parents. We encourage you to explore our information and join us

This information has been provided by the Elbert County Foster and Adoptive Parents Association. Each month we will try and focus on a local association's activities so we keep you informed on what's happening in your area. Please forward any exciting events you are having in county to contactafpag@bellsouth.net.

The Elbert County Foster and Adoptive Parents Association meets the third Tuesday of each month at the local DFCS office.

President: Gayle Spinks
Vice-president: Sonya Perry
Secretary: Pam Baggott
Treasurer: Nadine Smith

They provide child care for those who attend the meetings.
Please call Pam Baggott at (706) 283-0777, for more information.

AFPAG is an affiliate partner with the National Foster Parent Association(NFPA) for Walk Me Home.

Contact Vala Peyton, Secretary of the Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia at (404) 428-2104 for details on how your community can help children in foster care all over this country.

SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN (J4C)

"Due to the vast number of requests and inquiries, the Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia (AFPAG) in partnership with the Georgia Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children (J4C) announces a unique training on issues surrounding foster parents and the courts. Juvenile Court Judge Britt Hammond and many of our local judges have agreed to meet foster parents “ Face to Face, Heart to Heart”. The 7 hour training has been designed specifically for education on the juvenile court system that will help foster parents become better advocates for the children in care. Classes such as “Right to be Heard”, “Tips for Testifying”, “Understanding the Court Proceedings Involved in your Foster Care Case” and “What is CASA?” are offered. Seven hours of training credit will be awarded for attendance.

The following classes will be held: (Please check back for the training locations)
1 Catoosa County - Saturday June 27th from 9am-4pm = 7hrs
2. Chatham Counthy - Saturday July 11th from 9am-7pm = 7hrs
3. Baldwin County - Tuesday July 28th from 7pm-9pm = 2hrs
4. Tattnall County - Saturday August 15th from 9am-4pm = 7hrs
5. Camden County - Saturday August 22nd from 9am-4pm = 7hrs
6. Hall County - Saturday September 12th from 9am-4pm = 7hrs

If you have any questions, please contact Vala Peyton, AFPAG Secretary, at (404) 428-2104 or email her at contactafpag@bellsouth.net.

Sharon Carlson, Executive Director, can be reached by email at sharonlc@juno.com.

Foster Parent Survey

Dear Foster and Adoptive Parents of GA,

The Supreme Court of Georgia’s Committee on Justice for Children is trying to learn if and how “notice and right to be heard” is working in your county. Would you please take the 19 question survey to help us out? Even if you took it last year, still helps us for you to take it again this year.

The results of this survey will be posted on the AFPAG website as well as taught in a class at the AFPAG conference. Thank you very much for your time and all you do for Georgia’s Children.

Click the link below to take the survey
http://www.fosterparentsurvey.com/

Our Mission
To support Foster and Adoptive parents in Georgia by:

Providing information about child welfare issues that impact them
Helping provide training to become the best Foster/Adoptive Parents they can be
To help find solutions to the many challenges and problems that face Foster/Adoptive Parents as they help care for Georgia's abused and neglected children
To advocate about foster care and adoption issues and to provide even greater support for Georgia's Foster and Adoptive Parents

Contact Information: If you would like more information regarding the Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia, please e-mail us at contactafpag@bellsouth.net

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Thanks For Visiting Our Site!
Thanks to the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory University and the Freddie Mac Foundation for helping us with a grant to create this website.

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