familycarenetwork Archive
A Case for Advocacy by Jim Roberts, CEOJim Roberts, CEOVoice of our CEO Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt intimidated, shy, excessively nervous, restrained or unwilling to make your opinion known. Now look around you, there’s probably a lot …
An FCNI Youth's Journey to RebuildFCNIVoice of an FCNI Youth This Sunday, FCNI will host our Benefit for Kids, an annual showcasing of the best food and beverages on the Central Coast combined with a silent and live auction. Proceeds …
A Benefit for Kids Vendor SpotlightFCNISupporter Spotlights Every year at our Benefit for Kids event, we get the opportunity to connect and work with many local restaurants, wineries and breweries in order to create a wonderful tasting experience for our …
Jessica MockVoice of an FCNI Staff It’s summertime. And that’s means loading up on sunscreen and trying to find ways to entertain your family during long days without school. For some kids, summer also means an increase of screen time. But …
Foster Youth Celebrate Major Milestones Marie Hughes, Education Support Services Manager, and Jazz Allensworth, TAY FAP CoordinatorVoice of an FCNI Staff Caring for teenagers is oftentimes the ride of a lifetime! They are growing and developing into even more independent …
Giving Voice to our Foster KidsErin Voss, FCNI Social WorkerVoice of an FCNI Staff We work and serve in a very challenging field, and we can’t avoid acknowledging and responding to the vast injustices our foster children have experienced. However, …
CYC Youth Put their Voices into ActionFCNI, featuring CYC Youth Sandra Gomez, Celena Malarkey, and Felipe Campoverde, This past February, FCNI sent a group of young foster youth who participate in the local chapter of the California Youth Connection …
Jim Roberts, CEOVoice of our CEO Prison is no place anyone would want to be; restricting, dark, unsafe and punitive. It is a place we isolate a segment of our society whose conduct prevents them from remaining within the larger …
An In-depth Look at Social WorkJim RobertsVoice of our CEO Tirelessly endeavoring to enhance our collective quality of life, promoting social justice and improving the wellbeing of the community--this is Social Work. “SOCIAL” relates to the broader collective community; and …
Six Ways to help their Insides Match their OutsidesBrooke Cone, Adoptive Mom and FCNI Social WorkerVoice of a Foster ParentMy family of origin is more like mac and cheese than a filet mignon. Even though we aren’t fancy and sometimes …
