How We Support You
At REAL PEOPLE Foster and Family Services, we do more than offer support—we build meaningful relationships.
As a small, dedicated agency, we provide personalized, responsive care you can rely on. When you call, you reach a real person—or we return your call with the attention and respect you deserve.
At the heart of our work is a simple belief: when foster parents feel supported, children thrive.
Foster parents are the foundation of this work. Support means more than just checking a box. We offer real, human connection and attention to your needs as foster parents.
We support foster parents so they can support children through inclusion, predictability, routine, safety, and thoughtful care—along with the intangible qualities that matter most: love, respect, family, culture, community, and trust. These are strengthened through practical strategies and ongoing training.
Foster Parent Support
Our support includes:
-
Ongoing, relationship-based communication with your own dedicated Real People worker who truly knows you.
-
Relevant, engaging training that reflects our holistic philosophy, including all required courses and key professional development.
-
Built-in mentorship, fellowship, and connection with other foster parents—so support never feels out of reach.
-
Clear guidance through schools, policies, procedures, and systems that can otherwise feel overwhelming.
-
An empowering approach that moves away from deficit-based thinking and focuses on strengths, capacity, and growth—for both caregivers and children.
“Foster parents support the children. REAL PEOPLE support the foster parents. It’s not rocket science…”
Caregivers who feel well, do well.
Our holistic wellness program supports the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—with the goal of reducing caregiver burnout and strengthening reflective and self-care skills. When foster parents are supported in this way, children and youth naturally benefit and may also choose to participate.
Foster parents have access to paid services and/or may seek services within their own communities, including:
• Diet & Nutrition
• Yoga / Meditation
• Naturopathy
• Dance & Movement
• Creative Arts
• Therapeutic Recreation
• Massage therapies
Holistic Wellness Program
For Foster Parents, Families, Children And Youth
Grief & Loss Support
Loss lives in this work. We don’t ignore it—we meet it with tenderness and truth.
Support is available for both children and caregivers, including:
Age-appropriate tools to explore rejection, abandonment, and identity
Support for caregivers navigating grief after a placement ends
Developmental & Soft Skill Assessments
We use informal, observational tools designed to:
Identify strengths and capacities
Meet children where they are—not where they “should” be
Inform meaningful, individualized Plans of Care and reporting
Family Case Management Model
Our Family Case Management Model is sensitive, non-judgmental, and strength-based, using wraparound logic to support healthy communication with previous caregivers and natural families.
This model supports long-term permanency and embraces:
Reunification with natural families
Kinship care
Long-term fostering or preparation for adoption
Who We Serve
We are REAL PEOPLE serving real people—across all cultures, identities, and lived experiences, including neurodiverse individuals and 2SLGBTQ+ communities.
-
CAS and privately referred children and youth
Long- and short-term placements
Children impacted by abuse, neglect, trauma, and attachment disruptions
-
FASD
ADHD / ODD
ASD and developmental delays
Trauma and attachment-related responses
Numbers
We intentionally keep the number of foster children in each home low so families have the capacity to build real, meaningful relationships. In the best-case scenario, when siblings are referred, we prioritize keeping them together whenever possible — because what is best for the children matters more than maintaining a specific number in the home.
Have questions?
We’re here to chat—just real people helping real people.