Family Builders is a welcoming and affirming nonprofit foster family and adoption agency that believes every child should leave foster care with a loving and caring parent.
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Family Builders believes that every child has the right to grow up in a permanent, nurturing family regardless of that child’s age, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, s*xual orientation, gender identity, or medical, physical or emotional condition. Family Builders educates the community about the needs of waiting children, advocates on their behalf, and places children with permanent, secure families through adoption, and other forms of permanence.
Operating as usual
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/sports/olympics/2021/07/14/simone-biles-adoption-shows-strength-family/7972422002/
Star gymnast Simone Biles thanks her adoptive family.
Gymnast Simone Biles' Olympic career may never have happened without two people. Her parent's decision to adopt is now helping future generations.
https://www.midweek.com/duane-and-lyn-pagay/
Love remains the driving force for Duane and Lyn Pagay, who are the proud parents of four children and 15..
Reprinted with permission from LycomingFostercare.org
Give Out today to support LGBTQ+ Youth
Le***an, gay, bis*xual, transgender, q***r and questioning (LGBTQ+) youth in foster care need what every youth and child needs: caring, committed, accepting and loving families.
Family Builders Youth Acceptance Project (YAP) helps families affirm and embrace their children of every s*xual orientation, gender identity and expression.
LGBTQ+ children and youth represent 20-35% of youth in foster care and are eight times more likely to have attempted su***de than other youth.
YAP helps family members and caregivers provide the love and acceptance that every child needs.
Give Out today to celebrate Pride 2021: supporting LGBTQ+ youth and their families with a gift to the Family Builders Youth Acceptance Project.
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Join Family Builders' 2021 PRIDE Competition to show your PRIDE! The team to raise the most money to support LGBTQ+ youth in foster care will be declared the winner, and will be featured on Family Builders' website, newsletter, and social media!
"We are thrilled to have a #CaAlliance Members roundtable discussion with the ED of Family Builders by Adoption, Jill Jacobs, and Side by Side Program Manger of #LGBTQ+ Services, Diego Basdo Fitzgerald....."
https://www.facebook.com/CAAllianceKIDS/posts/10159347784702258
Join us Monday, June 28th at 3:30 pm for a special California Alliance of Child and Family Services #PrideMonth Livestreamed broadcast with special guest host from the The Sacramento LGBT Community Center, Alexis Sanchez.
Hear from California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus leaders: Sen. Scott Wiener , ASM. Evan Low, and Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes.
We are thrilled to have a #CaAlliance Members roundtable discussion with the ED of Family Builders by Adoption, Jill Jacobs, and Side by Side Program Manger of #LGBTQ+ Services, Diego Basdo Fitzgerald.
And lastly, join Stacy Shwartz Olagundoye, Catalyst Center's Project Manager, as she continues the discussion from last month on Adverse Childhood Experiences by highlighting the impact #ACEs have on the #LGBTQ2S+ community.
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#pridemonth2021 #Pride2021
https://eastbayexpress.com/event/banners-for-peace-community-event/
Come join us for a family friendly Community Event on Sunday, June 27 from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm at Liberation Park located at 73rd Ave. and Foothill Blvd. Help us celebrate the installation of 52 Peace In The Streets pole banners installed on International Blvd from 73rd Avenue to 86th Avenue. These...
Family Builders by Adoption featured on KTVU! Hooray for the Felix family!
https://www.ktvu.com/news/having-kids-for-lgbtq-families-can-be-challenging-and-costly-affair
Ask just about any parent and they'll tell you their children are a gift. But, for LGBTQ families its a gift that requires more work, dedication, and in many cases money.
https://www.awn.com/news/new-how-life-q***r-youth-animated-shorts-released
As they continue their Pride Month 2021 celebration, The Future Perfect Project shares the next two films in their series of 10 personal stories from LGBTQIA+ youth, aged 13-22, about the challenges they routinely face.
Spotlight on youth for Pride Month:
https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/glaad-20-under-20-2021
JoJo Siwa, mxmtoon, and Ashton Mota all made the list.
“He had to be willing to be a foster parent,” Lindsay said, something that turned out to be no problem for her husband of now 14 years.
https://www.darientimes.com/news/article/Mississippian-pours-heart-into-teaching-foster-16259002.php
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Lindsay Miller considers herself a “yes” person, especially...
Family Builders Stands with LGBTQ Families
The Supreme Court announced their decision in the case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia today. The narrow decision only applies to this case. It leaves existing law largely unchanged and creates no sweeping new religious exemption.
Family Builders has supported, affirmed and welcomed LGBTQ families as prospective parents for children and youth in foster care for over 25 years. Neither this decision, nor any subsequent decisions will change this for Family Builders.
The LGBTQ community is an integral part of Family Builders’ mission. Same s*x couples are seven times more likely to be raising adopted or foster children than their different-s*x counterparts (source: Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law ).
Family Builders’ message to LGBTQ people who long to be parents is Yes, you can still adopt a child. Family Builders is here to help make your dream possible.
Family Builders' mission is to create permanent families for children and youth in the foster care system, with the goal that no child leaves the foster care system without a permanent, loving and caring parent. Family Builders welcomes, affirms and greatly values families from the LGBTQ community.
www.familybuilders.org
Family Builders’ core programs, foster care and foster to adopt focuses on guiding families through the foster care and adoption process to meet both the short term needs of children who are in foster care, as well as those that need permanent families
https://www.awn.com/news/2-new-how-life-q***r-youth-animated-shorts-released
As they continue their Pride Month 2021 celebration, The Future Perfect Project shares the next films in their series of 10 personal stories from LGBTQIA+ youth, aged 13-22, about the challenges they routinely face.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-group-dragon-dads-lgbtq-children/
"Dragon Dads" has more than 1,000 members across the country. Armstrong said they primarily have "strong presences in the South, in some of the little bit more conservative faith communities."
Child Welfare Champion Award recipient announced
Home Child Welfare Child Welfare Champion Award recipient announced Child Welfare Child Welfare Champion Award recipient announced By Monica Noland June 15, 2021 0 13 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) – Kimberly Brusewitz received the Child Welfare Champion Award this...
There us no culture without LGBTQIA Pride
https://www.colorlines.com/articles/there-no-culture-without-lgbtqia-pride
"We're honoring the challenges and building the resilience" Shout out to our friends at Rhythmic Mind!
https://www.rhythmicmind.net/2021/05/11/harry-mack-spits-an-amazing-freestyle-rap-about-rhythmic-mind/
We’re honored and extremely juiced to have one of the greatest freestyler rappers of all time spit an off the top of dome/improvisational verse about our organization and work! He really captures the spirit of what we do, and conveys it with the phenomenal skill and lyrical dexterity he’s known ...
Celebrate Pride Month with SF youth from LYRIC
https://lyric.org/talentshow/
The first ever virtual LYRIC Youth Talent Show from LYRIC Pride Open House. The following 6 performers showcase a variety of creative artworks by LGBTQQ+ young people, including performances, music and short films. Tarot for Tonite by Sarai Kaur Mangat I am a tarot reader and artist and wanted to dr...
https://time.com/6051046/supreme-court-foster-care-fulton-philadelphia/
The ruling could also have major implications for LGBTQ rights, religious liberty and nondiscrimination laws across America
Happy Pride Month from Family Builders! Walk with Pride! Stay safe and healthy!
"Family Builders families are the heroes," says Unsung Hero awardee Jill Jacobs at Tuesday's Pink Torch Procession for Illuminate the Pink Triangle.
"Family Builders families are the heroes," says Unsung Hero awardee Jill Jacobs at Tuesday's Pink Torch Procession for Illuminate the Pink Triangle.
Family Builders is honored at the Pride kickoff Pink Torch Procession to Illuminate the Pink Triangle!
Happy Pride Month from Family Builders!
Happy Pride Month from Family Builders!
“I can’t explain it — I just knew I was supposed to be their mom.”
Each year on March 31, the world observes Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) to raise awareness about transgender people. It is a day to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans people, while also drawing attention to the poverty, discrimination, and violence the community faces. #transgenderdayofvisibility
Each year on March 31, the world observes Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) to raise awareness about transgender people. It is a day to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans people, while also drawing attention to the poverty, discrimination, and violence the community faces. #transgenderdayofvisibility
https://bronx.news12.com/new-milford-teen-who-spent-most-of-his-life-in-foster-care-gets-adopted
About 80 friends and family watched the adoption court proceeding on Zoom.
Five siblings. One foster family. And decades later, as close as ever. Monday, a Calloway County family celebrated 25 years of togetherness.
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/year-adopted-years-waiting-foster-care-75786494
Elijah Mays was adopted in January by Mandi and Jon Mays of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Join Penguin Random House as they #AmplifyBlackStories all year long! Celebrate Black authors, leaders, creators, and more who have forged a path for themselves and others. Share the Black stories you love and discover books that can transform your world.
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Celebrate Black authors, leaders, and creators who have forged a path for themselves and others. Share the Black stories you love!
PBS has released new programming in honor of Black History Month to commemorate and celebrate African American achievement. Through powerful documentaries and thought-provoking specials designed to inspire and represent the full range of the American experience, PBS will be showcasing Black excellence, struggles and triumphs this February and all year long.
Check out some of their programming below!
https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-recognizes-the-many-contributions-of-african-americans-this-black-history-month-all-year-long/
Featured programming includes new documentaries from Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and INDEPENDENT LENS, as well as offerings from PBS Digital Studios.
February is Black History Month - an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. We have seen immense growth in the awareness and development of the Black Lives Matter movement over the past year, which arose through massive and widespread protests and civilian acts of resistance and solidarity, even as COVID-19 raged around the world.
This year’s Black History Month has more gravity and significance than ever, and is a time for all of us to look inward, asking what each of us can do to better confront racism and inequality.
There are many ways to celebrate Black History Month! Check out how some Bay Area organizations and arts institutions plan to celebrate Black History Month this year, and how you can participate in celebrating the many important achievements and accomplishments of African Americans throughout history:
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/guide/black-history-month-2021-virtual-events-performances-and-more-ways-to-celebrate-in-the-bay-area
How Bay Area organizations and arts institutions plan to celebrate Black History Month safely this year.
Family Builders' website is now available in Spanish. To view the website, please visit https://familybuilders.org/es/
El sitio web de Family Builders ahora está disponible en español. Para ver el sitio, visite https://familybuilders.org/es/
Construyendo familias amorosas, cariñosas y permanentes para niños y jóvenes que viven en cuidado de crianza desde 1976.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp9pyMqnBzk&ab_channel=CNBCTelevision
Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, the Youth Poet Laureate of 2017, delivers a poem at President Joe Biden's inauguration. For access to live and exclusive video ...
Family Builders' 2019-2020 Annual Report - https://mailchi.mp/b5fbadba7a83/family-news-family-builders-spring-newsletter-4697530
Looking for virtual activities for your kids over Winter Break? Sign your kids up for one of the City of Oakland's free virtual winter camps!
To register:
https://cityofoakland.perfectmind.com/23603/Clients/BookMe4BookingPages/BookingCoursesPage?calendarId=c95588e1-5f08-4f42-a59e-67ffdc4c34f5&widgetId=15f6af07-39c5-473e-b053-96653f77a406&embed=False
Thank you Leslie Silket for helping with our holday drive!
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"Between the earth and the sky above... nothing can match a grandparent's love." Happy Grandparents Day from Family Builders! Please consider making a donation to help give a child in foster care the gift of a grandparent’s unconditional love.
Thank you for making 2019 a year of hope for children in foster care!
One week left to order your Family Builders gear! Every purchase will help a child in foster care find their forever family! www.bonfire.com/familybuilders
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Thanks to Google's amazing #Gayglers for raising $20,000 to support Family Builders LGBTQ Youth Acceptance Project at their holiday party! #Google SF Oasis #HelpingLGBTYouth
Meet some of the families that have adopted through Family Builders...
We want to thank those who contributed thoughtful gifts to our silent auction. Your contributions to our 40th Anniversary Celebration Gala, made the evening one to remember. Special thanks to: Alpha Omega, Better World Advertising, Bloomingdale's, Citrus, Debbie & Roger Reynolds, Disneyland Resort, Jorge Maumer, Kathleen Mailliard Solmssen, RADA KATZ Fine Antique and Estate Jewelry, San Francisco Giants, and Southwest Airlines. Thank you.
Excellent video put out by the Stuart Foundation. "Foster Youth Talk About Education".
Family Builders is a nonprofit foster care and adoption agency dedicated to creating loving, nurturing, permanent families for children and youth in foster care. Family Builders has been providing services and programs for children and families since 1976. All of our services are free and confidential, and include adoption, foster care, and other forms of permanency.
Family Builders is welcoming, affirming, and strongly dedicated to diversity. We welcome all individuals and couples as prospective parents to children in foster care including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and couples; heterosexual individuals and couples; both men and women; transracial and multiracial families; and all other individuals and couples. Family Builders is committed to serving all families equally with dignity and respect. All of our services are provided in both English and Spanish, and we welcome monolingual Spanish-speaking families.
We do not discriminate on the basis of the fact or perception of a person’s race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, height, weight, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, domestic partner status, parental status, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, medical status or disability, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or HIV status.
Our staff and board are made up of individuals who believe strongly that children have the right to a solid and loving family. We invite you to get to know who we are and to contact us to learn more about becoming a parent to child who needs a family.
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