Clusters Support groups for Utah's foster families
The Utah Foster Care Foundation has designed groups that are called Clusters. Clusters bring together foster, adoptive, kinship, and specific care families all around the state. Parents who attend their cluster gatherings make new friends, share experiences, and have access to in-person training that counts towards their annual re-licensing training requirements. Our clusters are organized by region. Find the group that works best for your family—maybe it’s the one closest to your home or it’s the one with a schedule that best matches your own. We’ve found that parents who are able to attend their local gatherings regularly build the relationships and skills that will help them through their foster parenting journey.
Specific Clusters
- Single Parents — Shannon Wu–(650) 804-4321
- FLY (Families of LGBTQ Youth) –Adrienne Shearer–(801) 722-8121
- Familias Hispania/Latino–Esmeralda Malili–esmeralda.malili@utahfostercare.org
- Post Adopt–Heidi Naylor–heidi.naylor@utahfostercare.org
- Native Families–Stephanie Benally- stephanie.benally@utahfostercare.org
Type: Support Groups
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Date last updated: May 13, 2025
Date listed: May 13, 2019
Additional Contact Information
Northern Region — Anna Gibson — (801) 392-1114
Serving Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, & Weber Counties.
Salt Lake Region — Tina Porter — (801) 783-4655
Serving Salt Lake & Tooele Counties.
Western Region — Tami Carson — (801) 373-3006
Serving Juab, Millard, Summit, Utah, & Wasatch Counties.
Eastern Region — Kobi Prettyman — (435) 636-0210
Serving Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, & San Juan Counties.
Southwest Region — Diane Callister — (435) 216-3297 — moderates the group for Washington, Iron, Kane, Garfield, and Beaver counties. Marissa Douglas — (435) 979-2233 — moderates the group for Sevier, Sanpete, Wayne, and Piute counties.
Serving Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Washington, & Wayne Counties.