To advance and promote the professional role of foster parents and to provide a collective voice for foster families in Newfoundland and Labrador.
To advance and promote collaborative partnerships that strengthen policies, programs and services which enhance the care and support provided to children and families in a manner that is sensitive to their diversity and individual needs.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Foster Families Association was established in 1981 with a mandate to provide support to foster families and to advocate on fostering issues. For nineteen years the Association worked on behalf of foster families to improve the foster care system in the province. In September 2000, the Department of Health and Community Services withdrew funding and the Association ceased operation. At the completion of the evaluation, it was also recommended that a transition team be established to start a process of rebuilding. This Transition Team was comprised of foster parents as well as representatives from the Department of Health and Community Services and the regional Health and Community Services/Integrated Boards. In February 2003, the Transition Team completed its work and a new Board of Directors assumed the leadership role. Today, the association has a redefined mission statement and a new set of values and beliefs which guide the achievement of its mandate.