National Institute of Foster Family Excellence

La Cuna recently launched the Institute for Foster Care Excellence. With the goal of helping more foster care children throughout the world by better leveraging technology to enhance the impact of donor investments, the Institute will function as an education and resource center for private and public foster care service providers throughout the U.S., as well as foster care parents. It will also encourage other cities to either start up their own branches of La Cuna or implement its innovative model for excellence in foster care. In creating the National Institute, La Cuna staff and board of directors worked with a diverse group of experts, including Dr. Bruce Perry, Senior Fellow of the Child Trauma Academy, Dr. Phillip Fisher of the Oregon Social Learning Center, Patric Ashby, former Director of San Diego County Child Welfare Services, Dr. Laura Proctor of the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, and other well-thought of leaders and consultants that have bright ideas for our children.