MFS Resources
Resources We've Collected to Help Our Families
Created by Angelica Carroll, MSW
National and Local Resource Guide
View our Google Docs List of Helpful Local Resources, We Are Always Updating This With New Data!
View MFS Local Resource Google Sheet
created by Angelica Carroll, MSW
View PDF: CYS Directory 2022
View PDF: Homeless Resources
View PDF: Texas Shelter List
Caregiver Self-Care Strategies
Psychoeducation on Mental Health Diagnosis
Behavior Management Tips
Visit Smarter Parenting’s Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@SmarterParenting1
Education Information
Kinship Federal and State Policies
More Helpful Articles From Our Blog

Monarch Family Services Kinship Programs
Monarch Family Services compassionately and professionally delivers services to improve the lives of children and to strengthen families. Our agency is family-focused because we recognize every child and family has a unique path toward healing. MFS provides integrated and comprehensive services across family service spectrum.

Dr. Valerie Jackson Interview with Bold Journey
The U.S. Administration for Children and Families released a revised rule that addresses a longstanding inequity faced by relatives and kin caregivers and the children they care for in foster care. The revised rule, for the first time, explicitly allows states to use kinship specific commonsense foster care licensing standards.

Family Separation in the Foster Care System: Obstacles to Supported Permanency for BIPOC Kinship Caregivers
The U.S. Administration for Children and Families released a revised rule that addresses a longstanding inequity faced by relatives and kin caregivers and the children they care for in foster care. The revised rule, for the first time, explicitly allows states to use kinship specific commonsense foster care licensing standards.