Faith Inspired

Local Resources

• Boxes of Love
• Embrace Oregon/Every Child
• Hannah Grace Family - Oregon City, music lessons & tutoring, visits with birth parents
• Jewish Family & Child Services - Portland
• Safe Families for Children
  • Eugene
  • Portland
  • Yamhill County
  • Medford
  • Salem
• Reclaiming Hope Ranch - Hillsboro, free horseback sessions for foster & adoptive children
• Refresh Conference - Pacific NW
• With Love

Faith Inspired Parenting Resources

Faith Inspired Materials in ORPARC's library

• The Adoption Connection
• Autism and Spirituality by The Art of Autism
• Beyond Consequences Institute, Heather T. Forbes
• Brave Brains, Jessica Sinarski
• Empowered to Connect
• The Forgotten Initiative - supporting the fostering community
  • 12 Days of Encouragement for Foster Parents, free download
• Jen Hatmaker's After the Airport, guest blog in In My Child's World: Practical Strategies, Guidance, and Hope for Foster & Adoptive Parents
• The Honestly Adoption Company with Mike & Kristin Berry
• LGBTQ+ Supportive Resources Around Faith and Many Articles
• • A Christian Conversation Guide and Judaism
  • Determined to be Dad: A Journey of Faith, Resilience & Love (podcast) by The Honestly Adoption Company
  • Family Acceptance Project Faith-Based Resources - of many faiths
  • My Kid is Gay - Oregon-based
    • Collection of faith-based conversations & articles
    • Coming Out & Faith - video
  • The Rainbow Party - a family of strong faith supports their LGBTQ community
• Nurturing Attachments, Deborah Gray
• Ransom for Israel
• Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development

Faith Specific Adoption Resources

• Christian Alliance for Orphans
• Jewish Children’s Adoption Network
• Muslim Adoption Network
• Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
• Yatom - The Jewish Foster & Adoption Network

Videos & Podcasts

• The Adoption Connection Podcast
• Foster the Family Podcast
• Honestly Adoption Podcast by Mike & Kristen Berry
• Trauma Informed Parenting Video Series with Cindy Lee - author in ORPARC's library!
• Understanding Childhood Trauma and Abuse by Tanya Waymire, TedTalk - inspiring talk for sexual abuse survivors
• What is Trauma? by Trauma Healing Institute (animated video)