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How do I become a foster or adoptive parent?

The Alaska Center for Resource Families provides resources and training for prospective foster families.

View our newsletter!

"Training Tracks", our quarterly newsletter, provides fresh coverage of topics of interest for foster and adoptive families.

Self-Study Catalog!

View or print ACRF's Self-Study catalog with Adobe Acrobat.

Distance Education and Independent Learning

ACRF offers a variety of distance learning opportunities to help foster, adoptive and guardian families care for special needs children. In Alaska foster families are required to have training every year and can do so using distance delivery education. Click on the links below to explore self-study courses, our self-study catalog and other distance delivery information.


Online Self-Study Courses: we have selected a number of our self-study courses to be available online in PDF format.

Email Course Catalog: view and request items from our email course catalog. This service is available only to foster and adoptive parents registered in the state of Alaska.

ACRF's Self-Study Catalog: our full catalog of self-study materials, including instructions on how to order these materials, in PDF format.

Training Worksheets: view information and print forms for submitting training hours.

Self-Study and Alternative Training Polices and Procedures

Information on training requirements for foster parents.


[Get Acrobat Reader]Many of our training files are in Adobe PDF format; you may need to install a FREE Adobe Reader in order to view them.

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Resource Family Handbook

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NEW Interactive Self-Study Orientation

 

 
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