This is a chance for us to get to know you, and for you to ask questions about the program. After the interview you can be formally accepted into the program. Once the training is over and all volunteers have been interviewed, the Family Connection staff will match up volunteers, creating teams of four or five members. Your team will meet together for the first time at the Family Connection office, for about one hour. You will be asked to get together with your team socially two times without the staff present, to get to know one another better.
Teams often choose to have a potluck or go out for coffee together.
During the training and during the weeks that you are getting to know your team, the Family Connection staff will be interviewing, orienting, and selecting new families for the program. We may have a family waiting in the wings for you, ready to start immediately, or you may have a waiting period as we continue to bring in new families. Once your team is ready, and the family is ready, we will invite you to meet with them at the Family Connection office, for about one hour. The staff will facilitate this gathering, at which team members, staff, and family members will share something about themselves and their lives. A week or two after your first meeting with your family, you will come again to the Family Connection office to meet with your family for a meeting lasting about two hours, facilitated by the staff.