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 on Thursday, October 16, 2025.

*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


Oct 16, 2025

Oct 23, 2025

Oct 30, 2025

Nov 6, 2025

Nov 13, 2025

Nov 20, 2025

Dec 4, 2025

Dec 11, 2025









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. 










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.