Foster Care Placement Bags
FLP Bags serve as emergency kits for kids who suddenly have to change homes without warning. Each bag contains all new items including an outfit, blanket, stuffed animal, socks, toiletries and a book. Discover why children are given trash bags to transport their belongings and how Sweet Case duffle bags for foster care offer dignity.
Being thoughtful of how youre starting the foster relationship is essential to making the connection that supports a successful placement. One way to help the child feel welcomed, supported, and included is by creating a welcome bag to give them upon their arrival at your home. Comfort Cases are backpacks filled with comfort and personal care items for youth entering the foster care system.
Most children in foster care transition from placement to placement with their belongings in a trash bag. Create kits and label them for specific age groups, such as infants, toddlers, young children, teens, etc. and include travel-sized toiletries and grooming items.
We at Safe Haven Foster Shoppe have developed a program unlike any other. We provide children who are being placed into foster care with a placement bag of their own. We have provided 100 brand-new duffel bags filled with hygiene and comfort items to foster children.
Hygiene Items: facial towel, toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, or wide toothcomb. The backpacks are delivered to youth as soon as they enter foster care (ideally within a couple of hours). Below, you will find a list of each age and gender and what is included in a backpack for that child.
Catherine & Avivah share their stories about what a placement bag would've meant for them, both as a child in foster care & as a foster care provider. Video by Snowshoe Productions. Choosing the items is completely up to you!
Many children entering foster care arrive with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. When they do have belongings, they are often transported in trash bagsa practice that sends a harmful message, reinforcing the stigma that these children and their lives are disposable.
