Improving outcomes for those impacted by the child welfare system, through evidence-based trainings and models of care
More Care for the Caregivers
Omni Family Institute's training — starting with our anchor program, Together Facing the Challenge (TFTC) — gives foster care agencies and parents practical parenting and supervisory techniques that adapt to the realities of day-to-day practice, alongside ongoing coaching that supports them through their caregiving journey.
Meeting Needs at Every Step
Our comprehensive training spans multiple specialized programs that support agencies, staff, resource parents, and primary parents, providing the foundation for better outcomes when involved with the child welfare system.
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Together Facing the Challenge
OFI’s anchor program, Together Facing the Challenge is a trauma-informed model program for caregivers and the agency staff who support them.
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Closing the Circle
A TFTC companion program, this training helps connect out-of-home providers and permanency providers for the benefit of the child in care.
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Regulate to
De-escalate
This curriculum provides practical strategies to help an escalated child regain self-regulation skills.
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Hope Collective
Innovative, research-based training that helps family-serving organizations integrate the Science of Hope into practice.
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Listed on the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare, Together Facing the Challenge first took root in North Carolina. The curriculum and its companion programs now support agencies and foster families across the United States.
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SUCCESS STORIES
See How Our Training is Put Into Practice
I slid down to my downstairs brain and held on tight to a red ball in that moment.…
Together Facing the Challenge encourages participants to “step into the shoes” of those in their care to find practical solutions for growth. Caregiver Nichole Alley embodied that method while supporting her 17-year-old youth in care’s journey to adulthood.…
Become a Partner Agency
OFI-certified agencies are fully trained in the tools and strategies that make up our proactive and prosocial model of care. Interested in applying?
“Together Facing the Challenge has been an imperative part of our success as a foster family. Having continued support and training through the program has helped our family better support our foster children.”
— The WingatesFoster Family
“Together Facing the Challenge has equipped our Placement Coordinators and Therapeutic Foster Parents with additional skills and techniques, as well as increased confidence, to appropriately manage behaviors, resulting in fewer behavior-based crisis calls and placement disruptions.”
— Jannie ScottClinical Director Touchstone Residential Services
“TFTC training helped me as a staff person to help a foster parent recognize ‘invisible suitcase’ issues by not watching the obvious of what the youth was doing, but what the youth was saying.”
— Jessie BrittCase Manager, Youth Focus
“TFTC takes the field from wherever ‘you are’ to quality, tested, applied evidence-based practice. Foster parents, private providers, and public child welfare agencies applaud this model.”
— Laura Boyd, Ph.D.Former National Public Policy Director Foster Family-based Treatment Association
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Digital Innovation in Foster Care Support
Our team is developing an OFI training-informed mobile app designed to provide tools and strategies for positive caregiving, when and where they’re needed.
As a digital asset for agency staff, it opens up new ways to support caregivers, with the ability to recommend and monitor the implementation of applicable coaching.
COMING SOON!