Jackson County

Contact

Name:  Rebekah Lawrence

Phone:  (541) 776-6120

Foundations

Location:  909 Royal Court Medford, OR 97504

Times:  Fri/Sat:  8:30AM  -  8:30PM

Sun:  8:30AM  -  4:00PM

Dates:  5/1,  5/2,  5/3

6/26,  6/27,  6/28

9/18,  9/19,  9/20

11/6,  11/7,  11/8

Josephine County

Contact

Name:  Bob Hendrick

Phone:  (541) 474-3120

Orientation

Dates and Times:  To Be Announced

Foundations

Location:  2101 NW Hawthorne Ave. Grants Pass, OR 97526

Dates and Times:  5/28,  5/29:  6:00PM  -  9:00PM

5/30,  5/31:  9:00AM  -  6:00PM

8/7,  8/14,  8/21,  8/28:  9:00AM  -  3:00PM

11/5,  11/6:  5:30PM  -  8:00PM

11/7,  11/8:  8:30AM  -  5:00PM

Foundation Training is only offered by invite by certifier or adoption worker and requires a regular support staff.

Contact

Name:  Charles Craig

Phone:   (541) 808-6043

Foundations

Location:  91445 W. 5th Pl. Gold Beach, OR 97444

Dates and Times:   To Be Announced

Contacts

Orientations and Foundations

Location:  738 W Harvard Ave Suite 120 Roseburg, OR 97471

Orientations

Orientation A Times:  Tue:  5:30PM  -  8:00PM

Orientation A Dates:  5/12,  6/9,  7/14,  8/11,  10/13,  11/10,  12/8

Orientation B Times:  Tue:  1:00PM  -  3:30PM

Orientation B Dates:  4/14,  9/15

Foundations

Foundations A Times:  Tue/Thur:  5:30PM  -  8:00PM

Foundations A Dates:

Foundations B Times:  Fri:  5:30PM  -  8:30PM

Sat/Sun:  9:00AM  -  7:00PM

Foundations B Dates:

Lane County
Orientation and Foundations Training
Updated March 19, 2020

Contact Information

Name:  Cleopatra Mapfumo

Phone:  (541) 726-6644 ext. 2274

Springfield Location

Location:  1040 Harlow Rd, Springfield, OR 97477

Foundations

Times:  Tu/Thur:  6:00PM - 9:00PM

Dates:

Session 1:  3/31,  5/7,  6/1,  8/13,  9/15,  10/22

Session 2:  4/2,  5/12,  6/11,  8/18,  9/17,  10/27

Session 3:  4/7,  5/14,  6/16,  8/20,  9/22,  10/29

Session 4:  4/9,  5/19,  6/18,  8/25,  9/24,  11/5

Session 5:  4/14,  5/21,  6/23,  8/27,  9/29,  11/10

Session 6:  4/16,  5/26,  6/25,  9/1,  10/1,  11/12

Session 7:  4/21,  5/28,  6/30,  9/3,  10/6,  11/17

Session 8:  4/23,  6/2,  7/2,  9/10,  10/8,  11/19

SLAM

Times:  Fri:  9:00AM  -  12:00PM

Sat:  1:00PM  -  4:00PM

Sun:  5:00PM  -  8:00PM

Dates:  5/1  -  5/3

8/7  -  8/9

10/16  -  10/18

Florence Location

Location:  3180 101  Florence, OR 97439

Foundations

Times:  Thur/Fri:  5:30PM  -  8:30PM

Sat/Sun:  9:00AM  -  7:00PM

Dates:

Session 1:  7/13

Session 2:  7/20

Session 3:  7/27

Session 4:  8/3

Session 5:  8/10

Session 6:  8/17

Session 7:  8/24

Session 8:  8/31

Brenton & Linn Counties

Reminder to all relative and child specific certifications, Foundations Training is required. All attendees must pre-register for classes. If you haven’t attended yet, please sign up. No Childcare available. Adults Only. No children allowed due to the content of the courses.

Contact Information:

Name:  Amy Trump

Phone:  541-791-5786

Phone 2:  1-(800) 358-2208 ext. 5786

TTY :   (541) 967-2090

Foundations:

Location : 118 SE 2nd Ave, Albany OR 97321

Times : Fri:  6:00PM - 9:00PM

Sat/Su:  9:00AM - 5:00PM

Dates :   5/22, 5/23, 5/24

7/17, 7/18, 7/19

9/25, 9/26, 9/27

11/13, 11/14, 11/15

Lincoln County

Contact Information:

Contacts:  Barbara Ferguson,  Hudson Hamilton,  and Sally Galle

Phone: (541) 265-8557

Foundations and Orientations:

Location:  119 NE 4th St. Suite 5, Newport OR

Times:  Tues/Thurs:  5:30PM - 8:30PM

Saturday:  9:00AM - 4:00PM

Orientation Dates:  4/14,  5/12,  6/9,  7/14,  8/18,  9/16,  10/13,  11/17,  12/5

Foundation Dates:

Session 1:  4/18,  7/14,  10/17

Session 2:  4/18,  7/16,  10/17

Session 3:  5/16,  8/18,  11/21

Session 4:  5/16,  8/20,  11/21

Session 5:  4/14,  7/18,  10/13

Session 6:  4/16,  7/18,  10/15

Session 7:  8/22,  11/17

Session 8:  8/22,  11/19

Orientations and Foundations

Yamhill County

Call for Times and Location. (Training Offered Every Quarter, Please Call for More Information )

Location: McMinnville Department of Human Services 368 Norton Lane McMinnville, OR 97128

Marion County Contact

Please see our trainings calendar and Ongoing Training Opportunities Information Call For Futher Information and Reservations please contact Gwen Slippy – Recruitment and Retention Specialist – at 503-378-4491 or gwendolynn.l.slippy@state.or.us.

Location:
Marion County Department of Human Services
4600 25th Ave NE Suite #110
Salem, OR 97305

Polk County

Please call for Training Dates and Times. Polk County may choose to work in conjunction with either Yamhill or Marion County. Please ask which one they are using when calling.

Location:
Polk County
Dallas Department of Human Services
177 SW Oak Str
Dallas, OR 97338

Website : State Training

You must meet with a Foster Certifier or Adoption Worker and be instructed to attend Foundations Training before attending these classes. Each parenting caregiver in your home must attend one of each Foundations session.If DHS has emergency placed children in your home, you must attend “Foundations 1: System Orientation” within 30 days of placement. You MUST PRE-REGISTER for each session of the Foundations series. If you just SHOW UP, and we have a fully registered session, you will NOT be able to stay. Sorry, we are unable to provide Child Care for most classes. Children may not attend classes due to class size and inappropriate content.

Registration & Questions:

Please attend “Foundations 1: System Orientation” first. Attending training sessions in sequential order is recommended, but not required. We will keep track of your attendance in a common database.
Call Metro Training Line at 971-673-1822 
Please call for more information .

Contact Info

Contact Persons

Donna Thomas

Phone: (971) 673-1822

Irene Phipps (se habla espanol)

Phone: (971) 673-1838

Location

East County Family Service Center/Training and Conference Center

11826 NE Glisan St.
Portland, OR 97220

Foundations (English)

Classes occur at one of 3 times:

• • Morning  (9AM - 12PM)
  • Afternoon  (1PM - 4PM)
  • Evening  (6PM - 9PM)

Session 1

Morning: 1/4,  3/7,  4/4,  5/2,  6/6,  7/11,  8/1,  9/12,  10/3,  11/7,  12/5

Afternoon: 7/7

Evening: 1/7,  1/21,  2/1,  2/4,  2/18,  3/17,  3/31,  4/7,  4/21,  5/5,  5/19,  6/16,  6/30,  7/21,  8/4,  8/18,  9/15,  9/29,  10/6,  10/20,  11/3, 12/15

Session 2

Afternoon: 2/1,  8/1

Evening: 1/9,  2/3,  3/12,  4/6,  5/7,  6/8,  7/9,  8/3,  9/3,  10/5,  10/29,  11/30

Session 3

Morning: 3/14,  9/19

Evening: 1/16,  2/10,  3/19,  4/14,  5/14,  6/15,  7/16,  8/10,  9/10,  9/17,  10/19,  11/12

Session 4

Afternoon: 3/14,  9/14

Evening: 1/23,  2/24,  3/26,  4/20,  5/21,  6/22,  7/23,  8/17,  9/17,  10/19,  11/12

Session 5

Morning: 4/11, 10/10

Evening: 1/20,  2/6,  3/2,  4/2,  4/27,  5/28,  6/29,  7/30,  8/24,  9/24,  10/26,  11/19,  12/21

Session 6

Afternoon: 4/11,  10/10

Evening: 1/6,  2/13,  3/9,  4/9,  5/4,  6/4,  7/6,  8/6,  9/14,  10/1,  11/2,  12/3

Session 7

Morning: 5/9

Evening: 1/13,  2/20,  3/16,  4/16,  5/11,  6/11,  7/13,  8/13,  9/21,  10/8,  11/9,  11/14,  12/10

Session 8

Afternoon: 5/9,  11/14

Evening: 1/27,  2/27,  3/23,  4/23,  5/18,  6/18,  7/20,  8/20,  9/21,  10/15,  11/9,  12/17

Foundations (Spanish)

To Be Announced

Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook Counties
Orientation and Foundations Training
Updated March 17, 2020

If you are interested in providing foster care or adoption in Oregon, A Family For Every Child encourages you and your partner to sign up for Orientation and Foundations Training through DHS. The training covers information which will help you with children who have had a difficult past. Foundations is a series of 8 Sessions and you must complete Session 1 before continuing on to the other sessions. Session 1 provides an overview to Child Welfare and will help you with the content in the rest of the sessions. You may attend Foundations Training in any county, but must complete all classes. If you miss one, you can take a class in a different county or work with your certifier to make a plan to gain the content from the course. To get information for training in other counties than the ones listed, please contact the DHS office in that county and ask for Foundations Training information or the trainer. Not all trainers have time to send us their complete schedules and it may be subject to adjustments. Please feel encouraged to call ahead if you have any doubt. Fingerprints, which are needed as part of associated background check, which were once offered before class sessions are now arranged through electronic scheduling. Childcare is not available at the Foundations Training Sites. If you need childcare, please arrange it before attending. Children cannot attend the training. The state now maintains training contact information in a central place at Training Courses . If you seek other training alternatives the general nature of the training and additional alternatives can be found at Foster Parent and Relative Caregiver Training.

Columbia County

Contact

Amanda Catchpole MSW CSWA

Phone: (503) 410-1499

Foundations

Class times:   9AM - 12PM   &   1PM - 4PM

January:  4th,  11th,  25th

February:  1st

April:  4th,  18th,  25th

May:  2nd

Location

500 N Highway 30 Suite #220, St. Helens, OR 97051

In conference Room A (on the side of the building)

Clatsop County

Contact

Jeanne Gittings

Phone: (503) 325-9179

Foundations

To Be Announced

Location

450 Marine Dr. Suite #210, Astoria, OR 97103

Tillamook County

Contact

Jessica Rice

Phone: (503) 842-5571 ext. 306

Foundations

February:

20th & 21st: 6PM - 9PM

22nd & 23rd: 9AM - 6PM

Location

4670 3rd St., Tillamook, OR 97141