July 31st - Community Yard Sale
The Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and
Community Services is sponsoring a community yard sale
at the Baileys Community Center.
Click here to download the flyer
The deadline for reserving a space to sell items was July 26th,
but come on out and browse for the treasures that are waiting!
Aug. 10th - Back to School BINGO!!!
Our tireless DFS staff have found sponsors for this year's
Back to School BINGO event! Come see what all the
excitement is about. Have some fun and win school supplies.
Tuesday, August 10th in the Pennino Building rooms 2006 A&B
6:30pm refreshments, 7:00pm BINGO starts.
All foster/adoptive families with school-aged children are
welcome to attend.
Aug 14th - Family Fun Fair and Picnic
Our annual fun fair and picnic is scheduled for
Saturday, August 14th from 11:30am to 3:00pm
at Occoquan Regional Park.
Download the flyer here
We need FCFCAA members to volunteer to staff the
check-in table in 1 hour time slots and/or bring a dessert
(we are after all one of the sponsors of the picnic).
Please see the flyer for details and contact info.
Aug 22nd - Six Flags Foster Family Day
Come enjoy Foster Family Day at Six Flags Over America!
August 22nd, 2010, special ticket prices!
Tickets are available for $20.99 per person plus tax (1/2 off)
Click here to download the purchase form here
or contact
for online ordering details.
NOTE: You MUST buy the tickets no later than Aug. 8th!!!
DFS Policy Update and Resource News (Dec 2009):
The Fairfax County DFS (Department of Family Services)
has sent out a flyer outlining new policies and some
addtional resources that are being made available to
foster and adoptive families.
Click link above to download the flyer (PDF document, 79Kb)
New MANDATORY Training
Bridging the Gap is a training course to help foster families
build and maintain relationships with the birth families in order
to help the foster children both while in foster care and during
their return home. See our Training Calendar
for schedules and contact information.
FCFCAA HAS A NEW
US POST OFFICE MAILING ADDRESS
As of 16 October 2008 the mailing address has changed to:
FCFCAA
P.O. Box 2882
Springfield, VA 22152
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