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Register and access FREE online courses on key special education and foster, adoptive and kinship family topics. Self-paced and interactive. Earn certificates of completion.
Fall courses are available through December 2023.

Donations to FFF help families and children

Support families formed through foster care, adoption and kinship care with a donation to Formed Families Forward.

Winter webinar series on FASDs

Our series of webinars on understanding and supporting fetal alcohol spectrum disorders will be 7 - 8 PM on Tuesday 1/16 and Wednesdays 1/24, 1/30 and 2/7/24. Registration is open now!

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Recent News

November is National Adoption Month

This month, we honor adoption and adoptive families! National Adoption Month is an initiative of the U.S. Children's Bureau that seeks to increase ...

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New Kinship Federal Rule

Great news to share! On September 28, 2023, the U.S. Administration for Children and Families (ACF) issued a final rule that explicitly gives child...

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New Virginia Special Education Guide

The long-awaited revision of the Parent Guide is now ready! The new Virginia Family's Guide to Special Education overviews the special education pr...

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Fairfax Kinship Support Group!

Formed Families Forward is hosting new meetings of the Fairfax Kinship Support Group, under agreement with Fairfax County Department of Family Serv...

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