CAFO unites more than 200 respected organizations and over 720 church members. They labor together in shared initiatives that inspire and equip Christians for effective orphan care, family preservation, adoption and foster care. They work to see the local church in every nation known as the primary answer for the needs of vulnerable children in their midst.
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CAFO's initiatives include:
- Global Network: The Global Network connects and equips local churches, NGO’s and advocates in developing nations toward wise and effective care for vulnerable children in their communities. By offering essential tools and resources to 40+ countries in 2017, the Global Network equips local churches to provide wrap-around support to adoptive/foster families and to effectively and wisely care for vulnerable children.
- Foster Movement: The National Foster Care Initiative works to see the church help provide “more than enough” for every child and family in foster care. The NFCI helps create and grow networks of churches engaging foster care together – growing Christian care for children and families until there is “more than enough” in every U.S. state.
- OVC Research: The Applied Research and Best Practice Initiative helps improve the quality of care for orphans around the globe with more than 15,000 distinct equipping experiences in 2017. The initiative helps child-serving organizations to integrate current research and best practice models into their programs that aid children and families in more than 100 countries.
- Church Ministry: The National Church Ministry Initiative helps local churches start and grow effective and sustainable foster care, adoption and orphan care ministries. In 2017, more than 675 churches have been equipped to launch and lead ministries through webinars, resources, workshops and personal coaching sessions.
- Aging Out Initiative: The Aging Out Initiative shares successful practices for guiding young people aging out of U.S. foster care and international orphan care through healthy transitions into adulthood.
Organization Resources
In this webinar, Dr. Delia Pop of Hope and Homes for Children explores effective methods for identifying families at risk of separation, and describes the Active Family Support (AFS) model proven to be effective in improving the wellbeing of children by preventing their separation from parents or enabling them to return to their biological families.
This short white paper by CAFO seeks to help readers accurately understand and carefully present orphan-related statistics.
This is a recording of a Webinar conducted by Christian Alliance for Orphans on "Replicable Models for Transition to Family-Based Care."
The organizations profiled in these case studies have pioneered effective transitions from residential to family-based care.
This video features a segment of a talk on the effects of care environments on children, hosted by the Christian Alliance for Orphans. The key speakers featured include Dr. Kathryn Whetten & Dr. Charles Nelson, who discuss the Positive Outcomes for Orphans study (POFO) and the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP), respectively.