Any size! Our program is scalable. You decide how many families you will serve at your events based on your budget and volunteer capacity.

The Finally Home Family Strengthening Program is meant to be delivered over the course of 24 months, with 2 events per school year. We have found that the most family friendly months to offer your Saturday events are October and February. However, you are free to choose the schedule that best fits your church calendar.

You may choose to offer it again, because new families will likely join your group as word travels. Also, families who have already attended will continue to learn new things as their children grow through different developmental stages. You may also purchase new adult and kid sessions from Finally Home for the next 24-month phase.

When you sign up to provide the 24-month Finally Home Family Strengthening Program, we will provide you will small group discussion guides. These discussion guides support the corresponding event themes and are meant to connect families in between events. You may use them in your existing support groups or start new groups after each event.

In every county where our program is currently used, private and government agencies accept it for foster and adoptive family ongoing education credit. It is up to you to research in your area and confirm the requirements that will allow your families to receive this benefit. Finally Home will provide research and curriculum information upon request.

Finally Home is a national religious non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Our partners in delivering our program are Christian churches. Our age level programs (Parents, Kids and Teens) do not contain Bible lessons. They are research-based Family Strengthening curricula meant to equip the church to serve families with ongoing education, connection and community. We encourage you to pray for your audience and briefly share why you are serving them. We say, “We are serving and encouraging you today, because we love Jesus and we want you to know he loves you and cares about what you are doing for your children.” Then allow your loving actions to speak louder than words as families find practical help, friendship and support at your church.

This program is right for churches who desire to take the next step in supporting foster, adoptive and kinship families in their community with ongoing education and connection. It takes 24 months to complete the program and requires an investment of time, money and manpower. As the families in your church step up to the call of foster care and adoption, they will need ongoing access to continued education and encouragement as they face the challenges of caring for kids who have experienced abuse and neglect.

Finally Home will provide professional instructors for your first event. The cost for this is included in your initial training fees. After that, you may engage Finally Home instructors for a per event fee.

You may also send instructor candidates from your community to a three-day instructor certification through Finally Home. This ensures the quality and fidelity of our psycho-educational adult curriculum. Certification of your adult instructors is a Finally Home partnership requirement and in many cases a requirement of your local Department of Human Services as well.

This comprehensive program requires at least five committed leaders for the following areas: Event Director, SuperHero Academy Director, Finally Home Teens Director, Hospitality Director, and Catering Director. Depending on the number of families and kids you choose to host, you will also need between 30-60 volunteers. You decide the size of your event. We provide volunteer ratios that keep our kids safe and successful.

There are two options for you to consider in taking next steps. First, if you are still working with your church to determine if this program is right for your team, we suggest sending 2 leaders to experience a Finally Home Family Strengthening Event in action. There is no cost, besides your personal travel and accommodations. Contact Finally Home for dates and locations.

Second, if you are ready to sign up and get your team trained, contact Finally Home for the next 2 Day Program Leadership Training. At this training, you will tour a Finally Home event and learn how to organize and deliver the Finally Home Family Strengthening Program. This training includes program leadership structure, planning timelines, protocols, and direction for youth and children curriculum implementation.

Program Leadership Training Cost: $250/person for first 3 attendees, includes SuperHero & Finally Home Teens curricula and comprehensive Finally Home Program Manual. ($50 per each additional leader after three). Cost does not include travel and accommodations.