Fostering Nourished Families Facilitator Training

Description: This course is for facilitators wanting to learn how to implement the Fostering Nourished Families (FNF) curriculum. Participants will:

• learn how to facilitate Fostering Nourished Families lessons
• learn basic principles of trauma-informed feeding and nutrition practices for youth in foster care
• develop readiness and skills for engaging foster families around nutrition and wellbeing
• learn trauma-informed facilitation strategies for foster caregivers

Audience: Educators who are currently working with or have an interest in working with resource parents and other adults who support foster youth. [If an agency has multiple participants, each participant must register separately so that their registration email address can then be added to our online training system.]

Training Delivery and Dates: This program includes self-paced content (videos, reflection activities, and readings) and live, interactive, instructor-led sessions. Once registered, participants will receive several emails within the next 24-48 hours inviting them to our online training system (TalentLMS) and will need to complete approximately one and a half hours of self-paced work prior to the first live session on January 24, 2024. Participants will receive access to digital curriculum files and will be sent a printed copy of the Fostering Nourished Families Curriculum Bundle (includes a participant guidebook and instructor guide).

Key dates are as follows:
Registration Closes: January 23, 2024
Self-Paced Course Opens: mid-January
Live Zoom Sessions: 1/24, 2/7, 2/21; Times: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. PST

Total Training Time: Approximately 11 hours total (six hours of live sessions and about five hours of self-paced work)

Next Steps: Upon completion of this program, participants are certified to deliver the Fostering Nourished Families curriculum and have ongoing access to digital copies of the curriculum.

Note for CalFresh Healthy Living Participants: Please visit the new CFHL Statewide Training platform to register for this training. Email CFHLStatewideTraining@leahspantry.org if you need assistance.