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title: Incorporating Those with Lived Experience into Your Support Services for Adoptive, Foster, and Kinship Families
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updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Engagement of Lived Experience
tags:
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
  - Webinar
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# Incorporating Those with Lived Experience into Your Support Services for Adoptive, Foster, and Kinship Families

Sometimes the most helpful support a parent receives is from a fellow parent. This webinar reviews how to recruit individuals with lived experience to provide support services. Presenters share local examples of peer-led support programs.

 

[Read More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO2oiLN4tWg)

 

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