Foster Care and Adoption – Life Resources | Watermark Community Church

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UTD Center for Children and Families (Richardson) – free, bilingual parent-child playtime for children ages 0-3, developmental disorder screenings for children 0-5, and referrals for therapeutic services
Child Development Institute at TCU (Ft. Worth) – a therapeutic weekend camp for adoptive families, videos and articles providing trauma-informed training, and adopted children’s books
Center for Play Therapy at UNT (Denton) – play therapy services and referrals featuring the Child-Parent Relationship Therapy
The Empowered Parent Podcast (Irving) – insights related to a variety of issues concerning foster care and adoption
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University (Boston) – educational resources related to child trauma and brain development

Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence at Children’s (Dallas and Plano) – primary medical care, behavioral health, and therapeutic services for children in foster care
Christian Works (Dallas) – support groups and group counseling for parents and children
CK Behavioral Health (Dallas/Ft. Worth) – psychological testing, YES Waiver services, community support, and in-home skills building for children with trauma and mental illness

Texas Lawyers for Children (Dallas) – provides education advocates, attorney ad litems, and legislative advocacy for the needs of abused and neglected children
Texas Supreme Court Children’s Commission (Austin) – resources related to legal aspects of the court case for a child or family in foster care

Richardson ISD (Richardson) – services and resources within Richardson ISD for children in foster care
Dallas ISD (Dallas) - services and resources within Dallas ISD for children in foster care
TEA Region 10 Education Service Center (Richardson) - services and resources within TEA Region 10 for children in foster care (includes Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Henderson, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall, and Van Zandt counties)
Texas Education Agency: Foster Care & Student Success (Austin) – educational resources and standards for children in foster care in Texas

Buckner Children & Family Services (Dallas) – a child placing agency providing counseling, prevention, and family services as well as licensing for prospective foster and adoptive families
CK Family Services (Dallas/Plano/Arlington) - a child placing agency providing treatment foster care, behavioral health, and post-adoption support as well as licensing for prospective foster and adoptive families

Embrace Texas (Collin County) – engages churches to develop ministries, supports foster & adoptive families, and recruits adoptive families for children waiting to be adopted
Hope Local (Tarrant County) – leads and organizes church ministry efforts in Tarrant County, partners with Our Community. Our Kids
Fostering Hope Austin (Travis & Williamson County) – trains, supports, and resources foster and adoptive families
South Texas Alliance for Orphans (Bexar and Surrounding Counties) – organizes efforts to equip and engage churches to recruit and support foster and adoptive families