Caseworkers

Below you will find links to the Rainbow Room guide, how to make special requests, and instructions on using the online system.

Rainbow Room Guide

Below you will find our Rainbow Room info sheet and our step-by-step instructions to check out items from PFC's Rainbow Rooms or make a special request using our online inventory system.

We are excited to launch a new inventory system to better serve you and the kids and families on your caseload. This new system is available anywhere an internet connection is accessible and is also set up in both Rainbow Rooms.

Have questions? Need help? Email rainbowroom@partnershipsforchildren.org

Each year, Partnerships for Children provides over 1,000 backpacks filled with supplies to children in Central Texas who are in the care of Child Protective Services. While the Rainbow Room will be filled with backpacks, school supplies, and school uniforms you can also submit a child's school supply list to be sponsored by a community donor.

The Holiday Wishes (HW) program provides holiday gifts to CPS children that you, the caseworkers, submit to the program. Gifts are provided through a combination of community sponsors who receive a child’s wishes and monetary contributions used to purchase gifts for the children.

Our sponsors are very generous and ready to start shopping! We ask that you start asking for Wishlist as early as October so that you have plenty of time to submit your list before the busy holiday Season!

This allows us time to distribute the youth to sponsors and gives them time to go out and shop for the items. Have Questions? Email us at peyton@partnershipsforchildren.org.

Ready to start submitting your Wishlist? Watch this quick how-to VIDEO!

For more information, click below to download Holiday Flyer, instruction sheet, and FAQs that provide helpful steps on how to submit youth and tips for the program.

Have a teen you wish to refer? - The YES mentor form is used to submit youth who would benefit from participating in the YES Mentor Program.

Please see requirements for referrals below:

• Youth is above the age of 14
• Youth is willing and able to participate in mentoring and basic financial literacy classes
• Youth is located anywhere in or between Waco and San Marcos.
• Youth's life has touched the child welfare system at some point

Please only refer youth that have all the above requirements. After receiving a referral a member of the YES mentoring team will contact the youth and begin the matching process.

Have further questions? Please contact yes@partnershipsforchildren.org

Have a child or youth who wants to play an instrument, become a rockstar, or sing? - The Kids in a New Groove (KING) mentoring through music program helps them do just that. Children 5 and older are matched with a music mentor and each week they jam out together.

Please see requirements for referrals below:

• Youth is 5+ years old
• Youth is willing and able to participate in a music mentorship
• Youth is located in the Travis County or surrounding areas
• Youth's life has touched the child welfare system at some point

Please only refer youth that have all the above requirements. After receiving a referral a member of the KING mentoring team will contact you and the youth's placement and begin the matching process.

Have further questions? Please contact sarah@partnershipsforchildren.org

Placing Children in the Heart Gallery

Please see below for the form to request that a child be promoted in The Heart Gallery as an additional recruitment effort for adoption. With this form, you can request portraits or filmings for youth who would benefit from being featured in the Heart Gallery with a profile and/or a Forever Family Filming.

Please use this form to start the process of getting youth scheduled to be photographed or filmed.  This form is submitted electronically and you can choose to receive an automated receipt confirming we have received it.

If the child you are working with has an active Heart Gallery profile, and any changes occur with their caseworker, caseworker's supervisor or their availability for adoption status changes and they need to be removed from the Heart Gallery, please email heartgallery@partnershipsforchildren.org so that we may update or remove their profile.