Amara

Family preservation programs: our family preservation programs focus on preventative measures to reduce the factors that lead to the separation of children and parents through child welfare system involvement. Amara addresses root causes of child welfare system involvement through our family resource center, which helps families access resources, financial assistance, and concrete goods so that poverty and lack of support do not push families further into crisis. Family preservation programs also provide support to parents who are at a high risk for having their child(ren) removed from their care, parent focus program, as well as to parents who may be fast-tracked towards reunification, early childhood court program. Furthermore, we support parents who have successfully reunified with their children to advocate for system reform and inform parent supportive programming. Family preservation programs also seek to foment and steward the connection between children and their families of origin through supporting post-adoptive families in maintaining openness with children's extended families and supporting biological parents through some of the nuances of open adoption agreements. Lastly, we provide education and peer support groups both virtually and in person to help improve parent and caregiver wellbeing and skill-building, while also supporting people to build supportive peer networks.