Oregon Foster Care Resources

ORPARC maintains a free lending library specifically for Oregon resource parents. Books, audio books, and other materials are mailed directly to your home at no charge and all materials count toward your required training hours. Browse the catalog online and request materials to be shipped to you.

• All materials count toward DHS training hours
• Mailed free of charge — no shipping cost
• Available to all Oregon resource/foster parents
• Includes books on trauma, attachment, child development, and more

The Oregon Department of Human Services provides official training courses and continuing education for resource parents. Courses are available through Workday Learning and cover a wide range of foster care topics — all pre-approved for training hour credit.

• Official DHS-approved training courses
• Available through Workday Learning
• Pre-approved for training hour credit
• Covers required and elective topics

Sweet Potatoes Closet is an Oregon-based nonprofit that provides free clothing, shoes, and essential items to children in foster care. Caregivers can request items directly for the children in their home.

• Free clothing and shoes for children in Oregon foster care
• Requests made directly by caregivers
• Serves infants through teens
• Oregon-based and foster-family focused

Project Lemonade sends birthday packages and care boxes to Oregon foster youth so every child in care can celebrate their birthday with gifts and acknowledgment. Caregivers can request a birthday box for any child in their home.

• Free birthday packages for Oregon foster youth
• Care boxes and comfort items for children in care
• Caregivers request on behalf of children in their home
• Dedicated to making foster children feel celebrated

Comfort Cases provides backpacks and duffel bags filled with comfort items — pajamas, stuffed animals, books, hygiene products — for children entering foster care, so they don't have to carry their belongings in a trash bag.

• Backpacks filled with comfort items for children entering care
• Dignity-focused: eliminates the trash bag stigma
• Pajamas, stuffed animals, books, and hygiene supplies
• Available nationally through local partner organizations

Every Child Oregon — Family Resources

Every Child Oregon provides a curated directory of family support resources including training, respite care, support groups, and services for Oregon foster and adoptive families.

KEEP for Families

Evidence-based, trauma-informed support groups for foster, kinship, and adoptive parents — peer support and practical parenting strategies. Search for a group in your area.

GOBHI Crisis Lines

Greater Oregon Behavioral Health crisis line directory — 24/7 mental health and crisis support resources for children, families, and caregivers across Oregon.

Foster Focus Magazine

Foster Focus is a national publication written by and for foster youth, alumni, foster parents, and advocates — offering stories, resources, and professional insights for caregivers.

Oregon Foster Parent Association

OFPA is a statewide association dedicated to supporting Oregon foster parents through advocacy, education, networking, and community-building across the state.

CASA of Oregon

Court Appointed Special Advocates — trained volunteer advocates who are appointed by a judge to speak for the best interests of children in foster care court proceedings. CASA of Oregon supports local programs statewide.

Foster Care to Success

Foster Care to Success (FC2S) provides scholarships, emergency funds, and wrap-around support for foster youth and young adults aging out of care — helping them succeed in higher education and independent living.