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Monthly, in-person meetings provide regular opportunities for connection and community.
Groups are peer-led by caring and experienced foster/adoptive/kinship moms.
Meetings center around guided, small group discussion and mutual support. Each meeting includes a video training on relevant topics from a variety of voices–experts in foster care and trauma; other foster, kinship & adoptive moms, former foster youth, and birth mothers.
Leave feeling equipped, connected, and supported as you love and care for the children in your home!.
Kim and her family have lived in Florida since 2015. They now call Bradenton, FL their home. She and her husband married in 2011 and have 8 beautiful children. They have been doing both traditional and medical foster care since 2018. In that time, they adopted through medical foster care, adding to their growing family. Kim has a heart for advocating for children and surrounding those that care for them with all the support that they need. Most of all, she loves Jesus and knows that caring for children in need is what she has been called to do.
Dawn and her husband have a blended family with 6 children and 3 grandchildren. She was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan and moved to Florida about 2 years ago. Dawn has been blessed to adopt her youngest son through a kinship adoption and is grateful for the Foster and Adoptive community who have surrounded her family with love and support as they transitioned to a new state. It is her desire to share with other families on this journey. It is not easy, but with love and supports from others, it can be beautiful.
Mariah Ramos is a growth expert specializing in scaling early-stage startups with disruptive technology. She has launched and commercialized new tech with sustainable scaling strategies, like the first portable EV charger. Before moving back to Florida, she served as Chief Growth Officer for a venture-backed startup in workforce development in Buffalo, NY, helping disadvantaged community members enter construction careers. After living in Buffalo and Boston post-college, she's passionate about serving the community in Pinellas and Pasco County. Outside of work, she's actively volunteering at church or on the water with her dog, Blue.
Whitney grew up in Bradenton, Florida. She and her husband have been married since 2014. They have 2 children 7 and 4 years old. They were foster parents for 2 years and helped reunify 2 children with family. Whitney has a heart for advocating for children and foster families. She is passionate about raising awareness of the needs of foster families and getting the local community involved.
Karen is the mother of eight children; three biological and five adopted. Karen and her husband, Trevor, were foster parents from 2011 until 2021. In that time they fostered over 70 children. Karen and Trevor have a tremendous love for, not only children, but the very structure of a family, which starts with marriage. Their relationship with God and each other provides the basis for their healthy marriage and their ability to provide a loving home for so many children.
Karen has many years of experience with Foster the Family, she has been a volunteer since the beginning, serving as a support to Jamie Finn and other foster parents. While in New Jersey, she volunteered many hours delivering packages, mentoring, and speaking at the foster parent trainings.
In 2021, Karen and her family relocated to Florida. A good portion of her life has continued to center around supporting, equipping, and encouraging families. She has a passion to support foster moms and to provide insight and perspective to be able to overcome the obstacles that come with parenting foster and adoptive children.
