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, sexual 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.
Older youth permanency matters! Did you know that 60% of youth living in foster care in Alameda and San Francisco counties are in between the ages of 11-21? Adopting an older youth is not about giving them the childhood they never had it is about giving them a home to come back to for the rest of their lives! Find out how you can become a foster or adoptive parent by visiting us @ www.familybuilders.org or give us a phone call at (510) 536-5437.
SAVE THE DATE! 10.26.2019
Save the date for Family Builders' annual fundraiser to create loving, nurturing permanent families for children in foster
care!
It’s that time of the week again !!! Happy #FosterFactFriday or FriYaY as we like to say here at Family Builders. Hoping everyone enjoyed their holiday ! Did you know that African American youth spend longer time spans in the foster care system than any other ethnicity of youth ? Interested in how you can join the fight to change these statistics? Come see us tomorrow July 6 2019 at 9:45am in the Family Builders office in Oakland for orientation ask all the questions you have and get all the answers you need. Can’t make it tomorrow ? No worries ! We have a second orientation this Tuesday July 9, 2019 in San Francisco or feel free to call Family Builders office M-F 9am to 5pm join the good fight to permanency for all youth TODAY ! :)
Happy FriYAY everyone in light of all the festivities that will be taking place this weekend we wanted to share some extremely important information for this weeks #fosterfactfriday LGBTQ Youth especially teens are overrepresented within the foster care system and it is one of Family Builders mission to cut these percentages down to size! Come Visit us Tomorrow and Sunday at SF Pride to find out how you can help fight the good fight #fostercare #adoption #FosterHopeAdoptLove #sfpride #SF #bayarea #lgbt
Happy Friday ! Or should we say FriYAY ! Today is our first official #FosterFactFriday we know everyone is excited to get out of the office and begin their weekend but we want to take a little time to acknowledge some #Fosterfacts in our area and ways YOU can help ❤️💜🧡🖤💛💚💙💖
Happy Father's Day from Family Builders!
Family Builders by Adoption's cover photo
Tonight kicks off the first night of the Queer Women Of Color Film Festival join us in supporting @qwocmap and watch some amazing films that are written, directed and produced by individuals who are just as awesome as the movies they make ❤️ QWOCFF is a community event that is FREE of charge yes we said FREE I mean... need we say more ??? So joins us tonight at 7:30 for the showing of Everlasting Bond ! Who knows ? You may just find an everlasting bond of your own 🤗 All screenings and events will take place at the Brava Theater Center locates at 2781 24th St. San Francisco CA
Thanks to everyone that came out to support Family Builders at Wine Thieves today! #fundraiser #fostercare #adoption #fosterhopeadoptlove #oakland #lafayettecalifornia #lafayetteca #thankyou
"We prepare our children for their forever homers," says woman who with her husband has fostered more than a dozen children.
Family News - Family Builders Spring Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/b27469a9f055/family-news-family-builders-spring-newsletter-2367149
Meet Karli, Sesame Street’s newest character— a young Muppet in foster care —and her “for-now” parents, Dalia and Clem https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/sesame-street-introduces-karli-muppet-foster-care/story?id=63150560
"Sesame Street" has introduced a new friend named Karli -- a young Muppet in foster care, and her “for-now” parents, Dalia and Clem.
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
Happy Mother’s Day from Family Builders!
Thanks to The BroBasket for supporting our upcoming fundraiser! Join us at Wine Thieves June 8th and one of these awesome raffle items could be yours ...just in time for Father’s Day! Get your tickets at www.familybuilderswinetasting.eventbrite.com #BBQJerkeyBroBox #FitnessBroBox #fostercare #adoption #fostadopt #fundraiser #fosthopeadoptlove #inclusive #welcoming #lafayette #walnutcreek #oakland #bayarea #sfbayarea #winetasting
Family Builders by Adoption
19 days left to get your Family Builders gear! Every purchase will help a child in foster care find a loving, supportive permanent family!
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I didn’t give you the gift of life, life gave me the gift of you.
#fosthopeadoptlove #fostercare #adoption #fostadopt #welcoming #inclusive #sanfrancisco #oakland #sfbayarea #sanfranciscobay #nationalfostercaremonth #fostercareawareness
21 shares and $200 in donations so far! Let’s keep it going to increase awareness for National Foster Care Month!
May is National Foster Care Month!
LOVE makes family. Foster #hope, adopt #love this Foster Care Awareness Month. #fosthopeadoptlove #fostercare #adoption #fostadopt #sanfrancisco #oakland #sfbayarea #bayarea #buildyourfamily #welcoming #inclusive
Two and a half weeks left to get your Family Builders shirts and hoodies!
19 days left to get your Family Builders gear! Every purchase will help a child in foster care find a loving, supportive permanent family!
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Twins separated in foster care reunite after 60 years
Twins that were sent to separate foster homes at age 14 recently reunited in Springfield after losing touch for 60 years.
May is National Foster Care Month!
FUN FACT...if every one of our Facebook followers donated $5 in honor of National Foster Care Month... that's over $5,000 to help children in foster care find loving, supportive permanent families.
If every one of our Facebook followers donated $5/month...we would raise more than $60,000 by the end of the year.
LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN! Make a $5 donation and share this post so we can help more children in foster care find their forever families.
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This is a great cause! Join me in my efforts to support them. Donate Now!
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Grab your limited edition Family Builders by Adoption merchandise before the campaign closes. Featuring Dark Heather Grey Premium Unisex Tees, professionally printed in the USA.
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Family Builders is a non-profit, licensed foster care and adoption agency, serving children in the foster care system. 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, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, 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.
SUMMARY:
We currently have a position open for a Family Recruiter. The Family Recruiter is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining outreach and recruitment strategies and activities to raise public awareness about the need for families to adopt waiting children in the foster care system; to engage the community with the agency; and to recruit prospective adoptive families. The Family Recruiter works closely with LGBT and African-American communities. The Family Recruiter attends many events on the weekends.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, excellent verbal and writing skills, experience in marketing or public relations, ability to organize, experience and comfort in public speaking, knowledge of adoption/foster care. Must have cultural competence in LGBT, African American, and Latino communities. Experience working with the African-American community is absolutely required. Must be able to comfortably lift up to 50 pounds. People of color and LGBT individuals are encouraged to apply.
This position requires the use of own vehicle. Must be willing to work evenings and weekends and be committed to the mission of Family Builders.
Family Builders offers an excellent benefit package including medical, dental, vision, acupuncture, chiropractic, employee assistance, pension, and a generous leave schedule.
Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to Family Builders by Adoption, Attn: Operations Manager, 1900 Embarcadero, Suite 303, Oakland, CA 94606, fax (510) 536-4436 or email [email protected].
www.familybuilders.org
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ISO PROUD PARENTS! Find out how you can become the proud parent of a child in foster care. (510) 536-5437 #fostadopt #fostercare #adoption #lgbtadoption #kids #proudparents #youcandoit
Thanks to our partners at FITNESS SF for supporting our Youth Acceptance Project on #GiveOutDay! #lgbtqyouth #fostercare #fitnesssfoakland #oakland
Family Builders is #hiring! Come join our team! #wearehiring #fostadopt #fostercare ##adoption https://www.facebook.com/FamilyBuilders/jobs/
Change the world for a child. #familybuildersbyadoption #adoptfromfostercare #fostadopt #foreverfamily #youcandoit
Join us June 8th at Wine Thieves in #Lafayette for a wine tasting fundraiser to support children in foster care. #fundraiser #winetasting #fostadopt #fosteryouth #inclusive
Thank you to all the #proudparents out there, and to those who helped support our Youth Acceptance Project on #GiveOutDay! #LGBTQYouth #affirming #fostercare #lgbtadoption #familypreservation
There's 5 hours left of Give Out Day... and LGBTQ children in foster care need your support.
Whether it's $5, $10, $25 or $1,000, YOU can make a difference by making a gift to Family Builders Youth Acceptance Project TODAY.
https://www.giveoutday.org/c/GO/a/familybuilders
🏳️🌈 It's Give Out Day and LGBTQ youth in foster care need your help! Make a donation to the Youth Acceptance Project TODAY! - http://eepurl.com/gotvP9
🏳️🌈 It's Give Out Day and LGBTQ youth in foster care need your help! Make a donation to the Youth Acceptance Project TODAY!
Please join me to support Family Builders LGBTQ Youth Acceptance Project. The Youth Acceptance Project is a family preservation and family reunification tool for LGBTQ youth in foster care designed to help families struggling with the sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression (SOGIE) of....
🏳️🌈 It's Give Out Day and LGBTQ youth in foster care need your help! Make a donation to the Youth Acceptance Project TODAY! - https://mailchi.mp/842230bbdeb3/give-out-day-support-lgbtq-youth-in-foster-care-2341417
TOMORROW IS GIVE OUT DAY!
Please join Family Builders to support LGBTQ youth in foster care. Every dollar counts and will help parents of LGBTQ youth become the affirming, advocating, and PROUD parents their children need them to be.
Please help us reach our goal! Schedule your donation today!
Please join me to support Family Builders LGBTQ Youth Acceptance Project. The Youth Acceptance Project is a family preservation and family reunification tool for LGBTQ youth in foster care designed to help families struggling with the sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression (SOGIE) of....
Give Out Day - Support LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care - http://eepurl.com/gnWvJ9
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FAMILY BUILDERS IS HIRING!
Job Announcement
Family Recruiter / Community Liaison
Family Builders is a non-profit, licensed foster care and adoption agency, serving children in the foster care system. 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, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, 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.
SUMMARY:
We currently have a position open for a Family Recruiter. The Family Recruiter is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining outreach and recruitment strategies and activities to raise public awareness about the need for families to adopt waiting children in the foster care system; to engage the community with the agency; and to recruit prospective adoptive families. The Family Recruiter works closely with LGBT and African-American communities. The Family Recruiter attends many events on the weekends.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, excellent verbal and writing skills, experience in marketing or public relations, ability to organize, experience and comfort in public speaking, knowledge of adoption/foster care. Must have cultural competence in LGBT, African American, and Latino communities. Experience working with the African-American community is absolutely required. Must be able to comfortably lift up to 50 pounds. People of color and LGBT individuals are encouraged to apply.
This position requires the use of own vehicle. Must be willing to work evenings and weekends and be committed to the mission of Family Builders.
Family Builders offers an excellent benefit package including medical, dental, vision, acupuncture, chiropractic, employee assistance, pension, and a generous leave schedule.
Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to Family Builders by Adoption, Attn: Operations Manager, 1900 Embarcadero, Suite 303, Oakland, CA 94606, fax (510) 536-4436 or email [email protected].
www.familybuilders.org
EOE
Family Builders offers different programs for fostering, adoption, and other forms of permanency for those families who are ready to meet the needs of children and older youth waiting in the foster care system.Click here to see who can foster and adopt through Family Builders.
A recent study by the University of Texas at Austin published in the medical journal Pediatrics shows significant overrepresentation of "LGBTQ youth in unstable housing and foster care, and disproportionate risks related to schooling, substance use, and mental health. LGBTQ youth, in general, showed poorer outcomes, which was exacerbated when they lived in unstable housing or foster care. The findings of this study point to the need for care that is affirming and respectful of youth’s sexual orientation and gender identity."
Read the full report at: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2019/02/07/peds.2017-4211
Video Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth are suggested to be overrepresented in unstable housing and foster care. In the current study, we assess whether LGBTQ youth are overrepresented in unstable housing and foster care and examin...
FAMILY BUILDERS IS HIRING!
Position: Social Worker
Family Builders is a non-profit, licensed foster care and adoption agency, serving children in the foster care system. 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, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, 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.
SUMMARY:
We have an immediate opening for a foster care/adoption Social Worker who will provide clinical case management, conduct assessments, as well as provide training and support to families as they prepare to become foster and adoptive parents. The Social Worker will work with the probation department to facilitate permanency for children and youth.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Master’s degree required in social work or equivalent. This position requires strong clinical skills as well as experience and cultural competence working with African American, Latino and LGBTQ communities. Knowledge of the probation department is a plus. Must have a car and be willing to travel throughout the Bay Area. Position will involve evening and weekend work. Must be committed to the mission of Family Builders. People of color and LGBTQ individuals are encouraged to apply.
Family Builders offers an excellent benefit package including medical, dental, vision, acupuncture, chiropractic, mental health, pension, and a generous leave schedule.
Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to Family Builders by Adoption, Attn: Operations Manager, 1900 Embarcadero, Suite 303, Oakland, CA 94606, or email [email protected].
www.familybuilders.org
EOE
Family Builders offers different programs for fostering, adoption, and other forms of permanency for those families who are ready to meet the needs of children and older youth waiting in the foster care system.Click here to see who can foster and adopt through Family Builders.
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Oakland, CA
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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".
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Alameda County
1840 Embarcadero Ste 101, HaywardAlameda County Pool of Consumer Champions
2000 EmbarcaderoAlameda County Healthy Homes Department Lead
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Coast Guard Island, AlamedaU.S. Coast Guard Pacific Southwest
Bldg. 42 Coast Guard Island, AlamedaCity of Oakland Parks and Recreation Girls' S
1701 E 19th St
East Bay Interfaith Immigration Coalition (EB
1814 Franklin St
California Association of Food Banks
1624 Franklin St, Ste 722
American Red Cross Blood Services - Northern
6230 Claremont Ave
Alameda County Bar Association Lawyer Referra
70 Washington Street
Californians For Justice - Oakland
520 3rd St, Ste 209
