Foster Care Training

A Better Way, Inc. is dedicated to providing the highest quality services to children in, or at risk of entering, foster care and their families with the goal of establishing loving and lasting relationships. As a 501(c)3, not-for-profit children and family service agency, we support most major Bay Area counties with services such as training, parent advocacy, therapeutic visitation, pre and post adoption, permanency support, Foster-Adoption, and family strengthening. A Better Way, Inc. empowers children and families to develop the insights, life skills, and permanent relationships that promote their social, emotional, educational and economic well-being

Aldea Children & Family Services improves people’s mental health so they can strengthen their relationships and become engaged in the community. Through critical mental health, treatment foster care and adoption, and support services, Aldea helps more than 3,900 people annually in Napa and Solano counties who face obstacles to accessing and receiving effective treatment. We enable children to begin to heal from past trauma, families to build healthy relationships and adults with developmental disabilities to remain independent. By empowering people to achieve emotional wellness before their challenges become more entrenched and difficult treat, Aldea increases the safety and wellness of the community for all of us.

Alternative Family Services (AFS) is a foster, adoptions and mental health agency committed to fostering nurturing family environments within communities for children in need. AFS has been creating safe, permanent connections for foster children and youth in the Bay Area since 1978. AFS services focus on building sustainable relationships for children and youths in and out of foster care through supporting families at risk; creating permanency options for all foster children; providing mental health and other support to children, youth and their families; preparing foster youth for adult independent living; and responding to needs in the community as they arise.

Seneca Family of Agencies sustains children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. In many cases, we are the last hope for young people who have come to see failure and discouragement as a way of life. Here at Seneca, we offer each child a simple but profound promise: You will be supported every step of the way, no matter what challenges you face. By supporting each child and family in identifying and building upon their resources and strengths, we enable them to approach the future with renewed optimism and a stronger sense of the possibilities for creating a new and different story for their lives.