Kansas Caregivers Support Network

12/12/2025

Resource alert! Check out the Foster Friendly app in the Apple or Android store. This awesome app provides discounts post-adoptive and kinship families. To get started, check out the below graphics that will show you how to connect with KCSN to become a sponsored family. After becoming a sponsored family, families can utilize the app to find businesses with special offers and discounts, community partners offering services, events for families, and faith communities.

12/11/2025

We were honored to be a part of the Hope and a Future Christmas Celebration last night in Wichita! As a partnership of businesses, churches, non-profits, and individuals, Hope and a Future helped spread holiday cheer and hope to over 1,600 children and 3,300 attendees this Christmas season. A special thank you to FosterICT for organizing the event and Wichita Sports Forum for hosting!

12/09/2025

This blog by America's Kids Belong is also a great resource for caregivers this holiday season!

It can be difficult to know how to best support those with foster/adoptive children during the holiday season, and a common reality reported by families is that their extended family and friends "just don't get it". To help with this, America's Kids Belong compiled this awesome list of 10 ways to best support foster and adoptive families this holiday season.

Check out their blog at the link in the comments below, and send it to someone in your circle!

12/02/2025

Resource alert! Join this great upcoming support group and training session covering Managed Care Organization (MCO) Care Coordination coming up on December 4th! Join the session at the link below in the comments.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! Our offices are closed November 27th and 28th in observance of the holiday and will reopen December 1st for normal operating hours.

11/26/2025

11/26/2025

Our December training calendar is here! We're excited to share something brand new with you !K-PARC and KCSN now have our own Training Dashboard — a simple, easy-to-use hub where you can browse upcoming classes, get links, and find resources all in one place.

Check it out here: https://ks-s-site-3baa.thinkific.com/

This month’s trainings include:

Felt Safety During the Holidays – Dec 2nd
The Power of Growth Mindset – Dec 8th
Peer-to-Peer Support Group – Dec 9th

These sessions are created with caregivers in mind — practical, trauma-informed, and rooted in real-life support for adoptive, foster, and kinship families. Registration info is on the flyer, and now also on the training dashboard! If you haven’t visited it yet, take a peek and bookmark it. We’ll be updating it regularly with upcoming trainings and new opportunities throughout the year!

11/26/2025

11/17/2025

11/13/2025

Adopting a teen from foster care can bring unimaginable rewards. This National Adoption month, hear from these awesome families how adopting a teen has enriched their lives.

11/12/2025

During , it is also important to recognize the dedicated families and parents who have already gone through the process of adoption and highlight the resources available to support them.

DCF partners with -PARC, and to provide resources to post-adoptive families as way to continuously support them post-finalization.

Learn more about what each organization provides post-adoptive families at the links below:

Kansas Post Adoption Resource Center: https://adoptkskids.org/for-families/k-parc/

DCCCA: https://www.dccca.org/program/post-adoption-supports/

TFI: https://kansas.tfifamily.org/programs/adoption-services/