Santa Barbara's Angel's Foster Care and Partners Launch Family and Friends Together

Independent | July 30, 2023
By Callie Fausey

Foster mom in the Santa Maria Valley, Cynthia, shared her struggles with raising children. With three girls of her own, Cynthia decided to provide kinship care for a relative's three children. Witnessing it first hand, Cynthia shared her difficulties with preparedness, education, and uncertainties. Struggles like these are initially what led Angels Foster Care to begin FFT – Family & Friends Together, a kinship program that provides intensive, trauma-informed support to kinship caregivers in Santa Barbara County.