Course Structure

This 8-week course is offered in a hybrid format. Participants will complete weekly online content followed by a weekly live discussion via Zoom, where they will discuss what they learned and learn from each other.

Online Course content opens Thursday, March 21st, 2024.

*Participants will have approximately 2 hours of online coursework to complete each week.

Weekly Live Discussion Dates:

*All Live Discussions are from 9-11am EST / 8-10 am CST


March 28, 2024

April 4, 2024

April 11, 2024

April 18, 2024

April 25, 2024

May 2, 2024

May 9, 2024

May 16, 2024






What You Can Expect

Interaction & Discussions

With a cohort of fellow students

Teaching
From leaders in the field


A Safe Place

To discuss the complexity of what a transition to family care might look like

Practical Tools


To help you decide whether now is the right time for you to make a transition to family care

A Personal Action Plan


Of how to get started on transitioning to family care

Choose a Pricing Option


The Transition Course is offered in a hybrid format annually for $99, with discounts available for CAFO Member Organizations and teams taking the course together. Once registered, you will have lifetime access to course content. 


Learning Grants are available for all courses. Don’t let cost stand in the way of your learning!


A Micro-Grant Cohort Program is available for the upcoming 2024 MTFS course. You can apply for the MTFS Micro-Grant Program here through January 24, 2024. 



Both Scripture and social science affirm that the ideal environment for a child is a loving family. There are certainly situations in which this is not possible, but our priority – both for any program we lead and each child we serve – should always be towards care that is as close as possible to the ideal of healthy, permanent family. Guided by this conviction, many organizations serving orphans and vulnerable children today desire to shift from institution-centered care toward care centered in families.