Foster Care Training

Latino/ax youth and families make up a majority of the families living in the Bay Area. Latino/a/x children are 25% of the child population and 21% of the children in foster care. There is a disproportionate number of Latino/ax youth in the child welfare system. Whether Latino/a/x families enter the various service provider systems by choice, not by choice and/or by need, many of these families need the support of case workers, social workers, social workers, and therapists. As service providers our understanding of their culture, their needs and the way that they need us to engage them will by a large determinant of their ability to have their needs met. This requires culturally competent practice. During this training participants will learn about the complex cultural diversity of Latino/a/x communities, how to engage them effectively and ways to put them into practice these strategies.