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 15, 2026.

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

Weekly Live Discussion From October 15 - December 10, 2026

(no session on November 26)

*All Live Discussions are from 9-11am Eastern Time / 8-10 am Central Time





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



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.

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