Resources
Whether you're a current foster parent, interested in fostering, or more, there are many helpful resources provided by our local organizations and agencies. The Sweetest Day Ever is proud to host many of these agencies at our annual event.
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​For parents: meals, legal aid, mentorships, and training.
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For kids: specialized therapy and material needs.
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For parents: material needs + essentials for children, support groups and specialized therapy. Meals for families.
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For kids: specialized therapy, community with play areas and therapy/pediatrician areas.
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For mothers: mentorship opportunities, single mother education and resources, groups for women.
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For kids and their mothers: lessons such as piano, dance and cooking.​​​​​​​​​​​​
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For parents: delivers essentials for children such as cribs, car seats, beds, clothes, toiletries, formula, wipes, diapers etc.
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Court Appointed Special Advocates.
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Opportunity to volunteer, open to non-foster parents as well.
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Provides training, services and financial support to serve children in foster care.
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For parents: help with paperwork, therapy, and support groups.
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For mothers: temporary housing and support during transitions (ex: reunifications).
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For kids: support groups and educational, financial, and spiritual resources for kids becoming young adults.
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For older kids: Breaking the cycles and giving young adult a leg up as they age out of the foster care system. (Ex: workforce development, education, and juvenile incarceration reform.)​​​​​​
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For foster and adoptive families: Free membership to a community providing support, connection, and advocacy. Access to extensive knowledge and resources.
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For families: can apply for benefits (Ex: SNAP, TANF, and medical benefits). Can also apply to be foster families or be a neighbor network.
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For children: assistance with disabilities.​​
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​For families: provides material needs for kids (Ex: mattresses and bedding)​
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For parents: workshops and education for working with textured hair.
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For children: participation in workshops with their caregivers and provided haircare kits.
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For children: anti-bullying program for schools and movement dedicated to the mental wellness of students everywhere.
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​For families: clinic for uninsured and underinsured children.
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For families: counseling and social services .
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For parents: Programing for parenthood including educational and physical needs.
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For children: learning clubs and mentorships provided to at-risk kids.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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For children: Provides private, not-for-profit, residential childcare.
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For children: Advocacy network fighting for policies and providing a voice for the needs of children and youth in Oklahoma, particularly those in the state’s care and those growing up amid poverty, violence, abuse and neglect, disparities, or other situations that put their lives and future at risk.​
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​Parents: local support groups.
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For parents: peer-to-peer mentorships to reduce substance abuse.
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For children: summer day camps and curriculum designed to end substance cycles.
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For families: live-in community with houses and parks, onsite therapy services and activities.
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For at-risk teens: education for adulthood such as independent living, places to receive medical help, wash clothes, etc.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Sponsorship by SDE
Are you going through the process of an adoption or reunification? Have a foster child in need of a birthday celebration from our community? Whatever it may be, we aim to give our support for all the precious moments in the lives of foster children. Apply for The Sweetest Day to be your sponsor and let us help celebrate YOU!