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SUMMARY:Stronger Together Youth and Young Adult Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Winter 2025 Stronger Together support group for youth and young adults meets for 8 weekly sessions on Wednesdays\, January 22 to March 12 from 6 – 7:30 PM. This Winter’s theme is Finding Strength Through Connection\, and group activities include practicing social engagement through creative activities and games.  The group emphasizes positive peer supports as a context for strengths-based growth.  Group members will engage with one another and learn ways to build on strengths\, find their personal ‘happy’\, and have fun in the company of peers. \nThe youth and young adult Stronger Together skills and peer support group is designed for teens and young adults age 14-22 who have lived experiences in one or more service systems such as: \n\nSocial services (foster care\, child welfare\, family services)\nSpecial education (learning or emotional disability or other condition)\nMental health services\nSubstance use treatment/recovery\n\nGroups are facilitated by professional clinicians and meet during the school year.  A light dinner is served each evening. Regular weekly attendance is expected. \nFind FLYER HERE.
URL:https://formedfamiliesforward.org/event/stronger-together-youth-and-young-adult-peer-support-group-2/2025-02-05/
LOCATION:Formed Families Forward Office\, 10304 Eaton Place\, Suite 100\, Fairfax\, VA\, 22030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Formed Families Forward event,Youth and Young Adults
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SUMMARY:Fairfax Kinship Family Support Group VIRTUAL
DESCRIPTION:Are you raising a child for a relative or close family friend? Kinship caregivers are invited to our Fairfax Kinship Support Group! \nThe Fairfax Kinship Support Group provides a safe\, nurturing\, and healthy environment for caregivers to share their experiences\, concerns\, and frustrations with their peers. The group offers a network to share resources and information among the group members\, reducing feelings of isolation\, and celebrating family successes in maintaining permanency for and the ongoing commitment building strong families. Peer support can be critical to caregiver self-care and can contribute to healthy family functioning and improved outcomes for children and youth. \nThe group is FREE of charge. Meetings are facilitated by professional mental health clinicians who have deep experience with kinship families. \nThe group meets twice a month\, in two formats virtual and in-person. Fairfax Kinship Family Support Group will NOT meet in July. \nOnce registered\, you will get reminders for BOTH group formats. Kinship caregivers may participate in both virtual AND in-person meetings or choose the format that works best. \nFLYER HERE.
URL:https://formedfamiliesforward.org/event/fairfax-kinship-family-support-group/2025-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Formed Families Forward event,Kinship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T193000
DTSTAMP:20260525T041506
CREATED:20250111T220202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250111T220909Z
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SUMMARY:Stronger Together Youth and Young Adult Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Winter 2025 Stronger Together support group for youth and young adults meets for 8 weekly sessions on Wednesdays\, January 22 to March 12 from 6 – 7:30 PM. This Winter’s theme is Finding Strength Through Connection\, and group activities include practicing social engagement through creative activities and games.  The group emphasizes positive peer supports as a context for strengths-based growth.  Group members will engage with one another and learn ways to build on strengths\, find their personal ‘happy’\, and have fun in the company of peers. \nThe youth and young adult Stronger Together skills and peer support group is designed for teens and young adults age 14-22 who have lived experiences in one or more service systems such as: \n\nSocial services (foster care\, child welfare\, family services)\nSpecial education (learning or emotional disability or other condition)\nMental health services\nSubstance use treatment/recovery\n\nGroups are facilitated by professional clinicians and meet during the school year.  A light dinner is served each evening. Regular weekly attendance is expected. \nFind FLYER HERE.
URL:https://formedfamiliesforward.org/event/stronger-together-youth-and-young-adult-peer-support-group-2/2025-02-12/
LOCATION:Formed Families Forward Office\, 10304 Eaton Place\, Suite 100\, Fairfax\, VA\, 22030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Formed Families Forward event,Youth and Young Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T200000
DTSTAMP:20260525T041506
CREATED:20250120T145725Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Strengthening Kinship Families: A National Perspective and Resources to Help webinar
DESCRIPTION:Due to federal executive orders issued at end of January 2025\, this webinar has been POSTPONED indefinitely. Please check back or follow our social media for updates. \n  \nKinship care is when children and youth live with relatives\, such as aunts\, uncles\, grandparents\, siblings\, extended family\, or fictive kin (those known to the family). Formed Families Forward invites kinship and other family members\, professionals and youth and young adults to a webinar presentation by C. Garrett Jones\, LCSW. \nMr. Jones\, formerly Resource Family and Family Engagement Program Manager at the Virginia Department of Social Services\, is Child Welfare Strategic Initiatives Lead – Kin First Culture\, Child Welfare Information Gateway\, A Service of the Children’s Bureau/ACF/HHS. \nThis webinar will be focused on providing information regarding national trends and focus areas related to Kinship Care in both informal and formal situations. Specifically\, Mr. Jones will: \n1. Review the key factors that underlie the “Kin First” focus of child welfare operations and the role of the Family First Prevention Services Act. \n2. Review financial and program/services supports available to informal and to formal (agency-involved) kinship families. \n3. Share Child Welfare Information Gateway (CWIG) and Children’s Bureau resources. \nRegister at link below. \nDownload Event FLYER HERE. \n 
URL:https://formedfamiliesforward.org/event/strengthening-kinship-families-a-national-perspective-and-resources-to-help-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Formed Families Forward event,Kinship,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T190000
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SUMMARY:Brain Health as You Age webinar
DESCRIPTION:Kinship caregivers and all interested family members and professional partners are invited to learn more about age-related changes in memory and learning\, and practices to keep your brain sharp! Learn what to expect\, what’s “normal\,” and when it’s time to seek a doctor’s input. \nRegister at link below. \n  \nPresented by Professional Training Facilitator Melissa Long\, CTRS\, CDP\, CADDCT\, BF-CMT\, DCCS\, DCC-CI\, Director of Education and Support\, Insight Memory Care Center \nMelissa is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine with a B.S. in Therapeutic Recreation and Leisure Studies and a minor in Health Studies. Melissa is a certified recreational therapist\, certified dementia practitioner and educator\, certified best friends dementia trainer\, certified dementia capable care specialist and trainer. and a Licensed BCAT® practitioner. \nMelissa has been providing care to older adults for over 20 years. She is also the recipient of the ATRA Frank L. Basile Clinician of the Year 2016\, 2024 Pride in Our Community Leader of Loudoun County Pride\, and National Certified Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Trainer (CADDCT) of 2024. She has presented at numerous conferences and has published evidence-based practice programing. \nShe has had the opportunity to live in Romania and provide sensory integration for orphans. She also held the position of Social Coordinator for participants in the Cerebral Palsy – International Sports and Recreation Association (CP- ISRA) World Championship. Through Melissa’s experience both clinically and in the community\, she brings and provides out of the box thinking and support to both clients and caregivers daily.
URL:https://formedfamiliesforward.org/event/brain-health-as-you-age-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Formed Families Forward event,Kinship,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T193000
DTSTAMP:20260525T041506
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UID:10002459-1739988000-1739993400@formedfamiliesforward.org
SUMMARY:Stronger Together Youth and Young Adult Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Winter 2025 Stronger Together support group for youth and young adults meets for 8 weekly sessions on Wednesdays\, January 22 to March 12 from 6 – 7:30 PM. This Winter’s theme is Finding Strength Through Connection\, and group activities include practicing social engagement through creative activities and games.  The group emphasizes positive peer supports as a context for strengths-based growth.  Group members will engage with one another and learn ways to build on strengths\, find their personal ‘happy’\, and have fun in the company of peers. \nThe youth and young adult Stronger Together skills and peer support group is designed for teens and young adults age 14-22 who have lived experiences in one or more service systems such as: \n\nSocial services (foster care\, child welfare\, family services)\nSpecial education (learning or emotional disability or other condition)\nMental health services\nSubstance use treatment/recovery\n\nGroups are facilitated by professional clinicians and meet during the school year.  A light dinner is served each evening. Regular weekly attendance is expected. \nFind FLYER HERE.
URL:https://formedfamiliesforward.org/event/stronger-together-youth-and-young-adult-peer-support-group-2/2025-02-19/
LOCATION:Formed Families Forward Office\, 10304 Eaton Place\, Suite 100\, Fairfax\, VA\, 22030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Formed Families Forward event,Youth and Young Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T200000
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CREATED:20241017T002007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250525T003016Z
UID:10002434-1740075300-1740081600@formedfamiliesforward.org
SUMMARY:Fairfax Kinship IN PERSON Support Group*
DESCRIPTION:Are you raising a child for a relative or close family friend? Kinship caregivers are invited to our Fairfax Kinship Support Group! \nThe Fairfax Kinship Support Group provides a safe\, nurturing\, and healthy environment for caregivers to share their experiences\, concerns\, and frustrations with their peers. The group offers a network to share resources and information among the group members\, reducing feelings of isolation\, and celebrating family successes in maintaining permanency for and the ongoing commitment to building strong families. Peer support can be critical to caregiver self-care and can contribute to healthy family functioning and improved outcomes for children and youth. \nThe group is FREE of charge. Meetings are facilitated by professional mental health clinicians who have deep experience with kinship families. \nThe group meets twice a month\, in two formats virtual and in-person. The IN PERSON group meets at different Community Center locations around the County. Registrants will receive email reminders of location. \nNOTE: Fairfax Kinship Support Group will NOT meet in JULY. \n  \nOnce registered\, you will get reminders for BOTH group formats. Kinship caregivers may participate in both virtual AND in-person meetings or choose the format that works best. \nSee the registration site for all the meeting dates and formats. \nFLYER HERE.
URL:https://formedfamiliesforward.org/event/fairfax-kinship-in-person-support-group-2-2-3-2-2/2025-02-20/
CATEGORIES:Formed Families Forward event,Kinship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T193000
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CREATED:20250111T220202Z
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SUMMARY:Stronger Together Youth and Young Adult Peer Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Winter 2025 Stronger Together support group for youth and young adults meets for 8 weekly sessions on Wednesdays\, January 22 to March 12 from 6 – 7:30 PM. This Winter’s theme is Finding Strength Through Connection\, and group activities include practicing social engagement through creative activities and games.  The group emphasizes positive peer supports as a context for strengths-based growth.  Group members will engage with one another and learn ways to build on strengths\, find their personal ‘happy’\, and have fun in the company of peers. \nThe youth and young adult Stronger Together skills and peer support group is designed for teens and young adults age 14-22 who have lived experiences in one or more service systems such as: \n\nSocial services (foster care\, child welfare\, family services)\nSpecial education (learning or emotional disability or other condition)\nMental health services\nSubstance use treatment/recovery\n\nGroups are facilitated by professional clinicians and meet during the school year.  A light dinner is served each evening. Regular weekly attendance is expected. \nFind FLYER HERE.
URL:https://formedfamiliesforward.org/event/stronger-together-youth-and-young-adult-peer-support-group-2/2025-02-26/
LOCATION:Formed Families Forward Office\, 10304 Eaton Place\, Suite 100\, Fairfax\, VA\, 22030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Formed Families Forward event,Youth and Young Adults
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