Foster the Central Coast

Our vision for Foster the Central Coast is to utilize the Church body and ensure that all foster families in our community have a team of support committed to walking with them through their fostering journey. We desire to partner with other local churches and members of our community to bring to life our vision of “A home for every child, and support for every home.”

Support Friends

Statistics tell us that within the first year of becoming a foster parent over ½ drop out. However, foster parents stand a much greater chance of being successful if they have a team of committed people eager to share in the highs and lows of fostering with them. Our goal is to ensure that every foster family have an average of 4 Support Friends who – for the duration of a placement – come alongside the foster family and support and care where needed. If you are interested in becoming a support friend, please download and email these two forms to dori@gracecentralcoast.org.

Foster Families

In San Luis Obispo County, there are approximately 400 children in foster care, and only 125 current foster families in our area. Foster the Central Coast is committed to serving vulnerable children and individuals and families following God’s call to foster. If you are a current foster parent, or are interested in becoming a licensed foster family, we would love to get in touch with you so that we can begin supporting you in your fostering journey. Please fill out the form below and email it to dori@gracecentralcoast.org.

Welcoming Children Home Adoption & Foster Care Conference

Our conference is held every other year in San Luis Obispo. Its purpose is to inform and motivate Christians of both the Biblical call to care for the fatherless and the needs of vulnerable children in our community.

TBRI® Caregiver Training

Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) is an evidence-based parenting intervention model that is an attachment based, trauma informed intervention, designed for children who have experienced early trauma or stress. When children experience trauma it is often difficult for them to trust the loving adults in their lives, which often results in perplexing behavior. TBRI offers practical tools for parents and others who work with children to see past these perplexing behaviors to meet the needs of the child and create felt safety. The heartbeat of TBRI is Connection which addresses relational and attachment needs. It has been used effectively with children and youth of all ages and all risk levels.

Introduction & Overview: Class #1 of 4
Date: TBD
Trust-based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI® uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles to address attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors.

Connecting Principles: Class #2 of 4
Date: TBD
Learn what secure attachment looks like between children and caregivers, as well as hands on ways to help build a connection with your child. Understand the impact attachment history can have on children’s behavior and gain insight and awareness about how our own attachment history influences the way we care for children. You will also learn appropriate proactive strategies to meet your child’s physical needs.

Empowering: Class #3 of 4
Date: TBD
Learn about the physiological/internal roots of children's behavior, strategies for meeting children's sensory needs and tools for making the environment feel safe and predictable for children. This session focuses a great deal on Sensory Processing and has hands on application.

Correcting: Class #4 of 4
Date: TBD
Walk away with an understanding of how to balance structure and nurture during interactions with children while having changed behavior. We will learn how to help our children feel more connected to us as their caregiver by using TBRI® IDEAL Response© and Levels of Response™ when needing to correct problematic behaviors.

Royal Family KIDS Camps, Inc. 

This camp is the nation’s leading network of camps for abused, neglected and abandoned children. Royal Family KIDS Camp is for foster children (ages 7-11) from the local community. 

This camp provides children with a loving, non-judgmental atmosphere. In addition, campers receive encouragement and hope that many of them have not experienced in their everyday lives.

Royal Family KIDS Camp provides a two camper to one counselor ratio and all RFKC staff are highly trained, screened and background checked in an effort to ensure the safety of all campers.