Foster Care & Kinship Education
The Foster & Kinship Care Education Program (FKCE) is a statewide program funded by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO), providing a variety of training programs for foster parents (parent education), and specialized training for relative caregivers. Long Beach City College (LBCC) works with many agencies and programs to provide resources and support for current and transition-age youth and resource families. Our goal is to ensure that this important population of students and their families have all of the information they need for success in college, career, and life. For this reason, all resource families must complete the FKCE higher education training known as Dreams to Degrees (Two part series – 1. Elementary School Training 2. High School and Emancipation Training).
To acquire more information regarding the foster care program and community resources, select one of the following buttons.
Foster/Resource Parenting Workshops
The FKCE program provides a wide variety of free training workshops with the goal of increasing workshop participant’s knowledge about what it means to be a trauma-informed caregiver.
Before a child can be placed in your home OR one can be qualified to be a foster parent, you must engage in the foster care approval process. Initially you must complete an online orientation, that can be located in the below link: https://dcfs.lacounty.gov/caregivers/become-a-foster-parent/ Complete 20 hours of training, consisting of Resource Family Approval (RFA) Training: The FKCE programs across the community college system offers the following trainings: Pre-Approval - (12 hours) – Required training that focuses on the needs of the child Pre-Placement - (8 hours) Required training that focuses on self-care and how to be an effective caregiver with prudent parenting standards.
CPR Renewal Training and Card – Free to LBCC Resource Family participants
PRE-SERVICE TRAININGS (FOLLOWED BY YEARLY RENEWAL)
- Specialized Care Increment (SCI) - Formerly known as 0900-522.10, Specialized Care Increment SCI D Rate and 0900-522.11 and Specialized Care Increment (SCI) – F-Rate. The Specialized Care Increment (SCI) is a higher service provision and financial increment foster care rate, in addition to the basic foster care rate, for the care of a child/youth with severe medical, emotional and/or behavioral problems. Renewal Class Hours needed for higher level of care for emotionally and behaviorally in need children: 18 hours (otherwise specified by DCFS). Renewal Class Hours needed for higher level of care for medically fragile children: 12 hours (otherwise specified by DCFS)
- W Rate Pre-Service (W-RATE) - Whole Family Specialized Care Rate. Is a higher foster care rate paid for the care of a child who is a parent. Renewal: 4 hours.
- Renewal (Workshop specific renewal trainings)
- Foster care DCFS license renewal trainings
- Specialized Care Increment (SCI)
- Modules 5 and 6
Canvas Self Paced Courses (online) W Rate Pre-Service (W-RATE)
To view the foster care online classes please view them on Canvas.
LBCC EOPS and NextUP
Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS) supports low-income, educationally disadvantaged students in their community college journey.
The NextUp Program serves current and former foster youth in EOPS by creating a network of support to help students to reach their full potential and complete their goals.
For more information, please contact Tami Horn.
LBUSD Foster Youth Department
Guiding Principals – Everyone shares the duty to promote the educational progress of children in out of home placements.
Educators, school personnel, social workers, probation officers, caregivers, advocates, and juvenile court officers must all work together to serve the educational needs of children in foster care. Foster youth must have access to the same academic resources, services, extracurricular and enrichment activities available to all students. EC 48850(a)
