Creating Safe School Experiences: Strategies for LGBTQ+ Parents
Download PDF “The good news is that, while we might have little control over what happens at school, we do have the ability to do a great deal—both emotionally and […]
Building Understanding and Connection Across Wisconsin
Every family’s story is different, and every child deserves to feel understood, respected, and supported for who they are. We offer resources, training, and support to help families and caregivers navigate identity, culture, and mental health with confidence, whether you’re supporting an LGBTQIA2S+ young person, caring for a child with Native heritage, or working through mental health challenges together as a family.
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LGBTQIA2S+ Resources
We offer guidance for caregivers supporting a young person’s identity, resources for LGBTQIA2S+ teens and young adults, and parents who are themselves part of the community and are navigating foster care or adoption.
Native & Tribal Resources
We offer trainings, tip sheets, and guidance for foster, adoptive, kinship, and relative caregivers of Native children, covering cultural traditions, the significance of hair, and how to advocate for a Native child in your care.
Mental Health Resources
We offer resources to help foster, adoptive, and kinship children work through trauma, grief, and other mental health needs, along with guidance and tools to support your own mental health as a caregiver.
Transracial Family Resources
We offer free transracial family resources to help parents and caregivers learn, grow, and connect with the children in their care in meaningful ways. These resources are designed to increase awareness, build skills, and encourage conversations about race, identity, and culture.
Family Support Resources
There are many organizations, websites, and resources that support foster, kinship, and adoptive parents. Explore some suggested websites, support groups, and downloadable resources that you may find helpful.
How We Provide Support
Information and Referrals
Speak with a specialist who can help you find the right resources, services, and support for your situation.
Training & Support Groups
Join workshops, webinars, and support groups to build skills, connect with others, and feel supported.
Resource Library
Browse guides, tools, and articles on parenting, mental health, adoption, and more.
Case Management Services (GIFTS)
Short-term personalized support for adoptive, guardianship, and reunified families in Wisconsin.
Identity & Community Resources
Attaching Through Love, Hugs and Play – Simple strategies to help build connections with your child
Capturing the warmth and fun of forming close relationships with children, this book offers simple advice to parents of children who find it difficult to attach and bond – whether […]
Journey to Same-Sex Parenthood – Firsthand Advice, Tips and Stories from Lesbian and Gay Couples
Same-sex couples are faced with many different options when choosing to have children today. In Journey to Same-Sex Parenthood, author, activist and father Eric Rosswood guides and helps prospective LGBT […]
Parenting with Theraplay – Understanding attachment and how to nurture a closer relationship with your child
Theraplay® is an attachment-focused model of parenting that helps parents to understand and relate to their child. Based on a sequence of play activities that are rooted in neuroscience, Theraplay […]
Developing Mind, The – How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are
This bestselling book put the field of interpersonal neurobiology on the map for over 100,000 readers. Daniel J. Siegel goes beyond the nature and nurture divisions that traditionally have constrained […]
Hunger Moon
Ruthie Tepper wants to make people laugh – to be a star on her own TV show. She wants to write stories as wonderful as the ones she reads in […]
