Welcome to Fostering the Connection.

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These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of fosteringtheconnection.com, including its pages, forms, resources, downloadable materials, registrations, products, and services.

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The website is operated by Fostering the Connection LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company. Throughout these Terms, “Fostering the Connection,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Fostering the Connection LLC.

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By accessing or using this website, submitting a form, registering for an event or training, purchasing a product or service, or downloading a resource, you agree to these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy.

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If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the website.

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1. Website Purpose

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Fostering the Connection provides education, training, consulting, speaking, resources, events, and related services concerning topics that may include:

• Foster care

• Adoption and kinship care

• Trauma-informed practices

• Family and caregiver support

• Nonprofit leadership and strategy

• Program development

• Community engagement

• Organizational culture

• Professional development

• Advocacy and awareness

• Events, conferences, and symposiums
   

Information on this website is provided for general educational and informational purposes. Additional terms may apply to individual contracts, training programs, speaking engagements, consulting projects, events, memberships, or purchases.

If a separate written agreement conflicts with these website Terms, the separate written agreement will control for that particular service.

 

2. Eligibility

 

You must be at least 18 years old to purchase a product or service, enter into a consulting or speaking agreement, or submit a request on behalf of an organization.

Individuals under 18 may use publicly available educational content only with the involvement and permission of a parent or legal guardian.

 

3. Educational Content

 

Our website, trainings, presentations, courses, resources, and downloadable materials are intended to provide general education and practical information.

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They are not a substitute for individualized advice from a licensed attorney, physician, mental-health provider, social worker, therapist, child-welfare professional, tax adviser, or other qualified professional.

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Using our website or educational materials does not create a professional-client, therapeutic, legal, social-work, fiduciary, or confidential relationship.

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Please review our separate Disclaimer for additional information.

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4. Training Hours and Certificates

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Certain trainings may include a certificate of completion showing the participant’s name, course title, date, and instructional hours.

A certificate of completion does not automatically guarantee that a licensing agency, employer, professional board, school system, government agency, or credentialing organization will accept the training for continuing education, professional development, foster-parent relicensing, or another requirement.

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Unless a course is expressly identified in writing as approved by a specific agency or credentialing body, participants are responsible for confirming eligibility with their supervising agency, licensing worker, employer, board, or other approving authority before purchasing or attending.

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Fostering the Connection does not represent that it is a licensing agency, accrediting organization, university, clinical provider, or governmental authority.

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5. Speaking, Consulting, and Custom Services

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Submitting an inquiry, contact form, or speaker-request form does not guarantee:

• Availability

• Acceptance of the engagement

• A particular speaker or consultant

• A quoted price

• A reserved date

• A completed agreement
   

An engagement is not confirmed until all required documents are signed and any required deposit or payment has been received.

Scope, scheduling, fees, travel, cancellations, ownership of custom materials, confidentiality, and other project terms may be addressed in a separate agreement.

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6. Event and Training Registration

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Registration requirements, schedules, locations, formats, speakers, and availability may vary by event.

We may make reasonable changes to:

• Presenters

• Session topics

• Event schedules

• Venues

• Virtual platforms

• Materials

• Program formats
   

If we cancel an event, our responsibility will generally be limited to the refund or credit described in the applicable registration policy. We are not responsible for travel, lodging, missed work, childcare, transportation, or other expenses unless expressly agreed in writing.

Participants are expected to behave respectfully and comply with event rules. We reserve the right to remove a participant whose conduct is unsafe, disruptive, discriminatory, harassing, or harmful to others.

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7. Prices and Payments

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Prices are displayed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.

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We may change prices at any time, but a price change will not affect a completed purchase unless there was an obvious error.

You agree to provide accurate and complete billing and contact information. Payments may be processed through third-party providers subject to their own terms and privacy practices.

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You are responsible for any applicable taxes, fees, bank charges, or currency-conversion costs.

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8. Refunds and Cancellations

 

Digital Products

Because digital products are delivered electronically and cannot be physically returned, digital-product purchases are generally final and nonrefundable once the file, link, course, or resource has been accessed or delivered, except where required by law.

If you experience a technical issue, contact us so we can attempt to assist you.

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Trainings and Events

Refund, transfer, and cancellation terms for a training, workshop, symposium, or event will be stated on the applicable registration page or confirmation.

Unless another policy is displayed, requests to cancel should be submitted in writing to camille@fosteringtheconnection.com.

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Consulting and Speaking Services

Deposits, installment payments, travel costs, cancellation fees, and refunds for consulting or speaking engagements will be governed by the applicable signed agreement.

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Service Provider Cancellations

If Fostering the Connection must cancel or materially reschedule a paid service, we may provide a replacement date, substitute service, credit, or refund as appropriate.

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9. Intellectual Property

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The website and its original content are owned by or licensed to Fostering the Connection LLC.

Protected materials may include:

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• The Fostering the Connection name and logo

• Website text

• Training materials

• Curricula

• Presentations

• Workbooks

• Guides

• Downloadable resources

• Graphics

• Photographs

• Videos

• Audio recordings

• Course materials

• Event materials

• Templates

• Branding

• Business methods and proprietary tools
   

Copyright protects qualifying original works when they are created and fixed in a tangible form.

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You may not, without prior written permission:

• Copy or reproduce our materials

• Resell, redistribute, or share purchased resources

• Upload materials to another website or platform

• Record a training or presentation

• Remove copyright or ownership notices

• Modify materials for resale

• Use our content to create a competing course, service, or product

• Present our work as your own

• Share login credentials or private access links

• Use our name, branding, or logo in a misleading manner
   

Purchasing or accessing content gives you only the limited permission expressly stated with that product or service. It does not transfer ownership or copyright.

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10. Limited Personal or Organizational Use

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Unless another license is provided, downloadable resources are intended for use by the individual purchaser or the purchasing organization.

You may not distribute materials outside the authorized organization, post them publicly, provide them to clients as your own materials, or use them to train others for compensation without written permission.

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Separate licensing may be available for organizations that want to distribute materials internally or train multiple teams.

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11. User Submissions

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When you submit a message, testimonial, review, suggestion, form, photograph, or other material, you confirm that:

• The information is accurate to the best of your knowledge

• You have the right to submit it

• It does not violate another person’s privacy or intellectual-property rights

• It does not disclose confidential or protected case information

• It does not contain unlawful, threatening, defamatory, discriminatory, or harmful material
   

We will not publish your testimonial, image, name, or identifiable story for marketing purposes without appropriate permission.

Please do not submit confidential foster-care, medical, legal, educational, court, or identifying information about a child or family through general website forms.
 

12. Prohibited Uses
 

You may not use this website to:

• Violate any law or regulation

• Impersonate another person or organization

• Submit false or misleading information

• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts or systems

• Introduce viruses, malware, or harmful code

• Scrape or harvest personal information

• Interfere with website security or functionality

• Harass, threaten, or exploit another person

• Infringe copyrights, trademarks, privacy rights, or other rights

• Share private course links or account credentials

• Use our content to train artificial-intelligence systems without written authorization

• Engage in activity that could harm Fostering the Connection or its users
   

We may restrict or terminate access for suspected violations.
 

13. Third-Party Websites and Services
 

Our website may link to third-party organizations, publications, resources, videos, books, social-media platforms, scheduling systems, payment processors, or other services.

Links are provided for convenience and educational purposes. Unless expressly stated, a link does not mean that we endorse, control, sponsor, or guarantee the third party.

We are not responsible for third-party content, availability, security, pricing, representations, products, or privacy practices.

 

14. Testimonials and Results

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Testimonials and examples reflect individual experiences. They are not guarantees that another individual or organization will achieve the same result.
 

Results from consulting, training, organizational assessments, speaking engagements, or educational resources depend on many factors outside our control, including participation, leadership commitment, organizational culture, implementation, staffing, resources, and external conditions.
 

15. Website Availability
 

We aim to keep the website available and accurate, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.

We may modify, suspend, remove, or discontinue website content or features without notice.

We are not responsible for delays, outages, platform failures, cyber incidents, or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

16. Disclaimer of Warranties

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To the fullest extent permitted by law, the website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
 

We make no guarantee that:

• The website will always be available

• All information will be error-free or current

• A resource will meet every user’s needs

• Participation will produce a particular result

• Every outside organization will accept a training certificate

• Third-party links or services will remain available
   

Nothing in these Terms excludes warranties or rights that cannot legally be excluded.

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17. Limitation of Liability

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To the fullest extent permitted by law, Fostering the Connection LLC and its owners, employees, contractors, speakers, and representatives will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from the use of the website or its content.

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Where liability cannot be excluded, our total liability relating to a paid website product or service will not exceed the amount you paid to Fostering the Connection for the specific product or service giving rise to the claim, unless a separate written agreement or applicable law provides otherwise.

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Nothing in this section limits liability that cannot legally be limited.

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18. Indemnification

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To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Fostering the Connection LLC and its owners, employees, contractors, and representatives from claims, losses, liabilities, and reasonable costs arising from:

• Your misuse of the website

• Your violation of these Terms

• Your unlawful conduct

• Materials you submit

• Your infringement of another person’s rights
   

19. Privacy
 

Your use of this website is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how information may be collected, used, retained, and shared.

20. Changes to These Terms

 

We may update these Terms to reflect changes in our website, services, business practices, or legal obligations.

The revised Terms will be posted with a new effective date. Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

Material changes will not be applied retroactively in a manner that is unfair or deceptive.

 

21. Governing Law

 

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction in North Carolina, unless a separate written agreement provides another dispute-resolution process.

 

22. Severability

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If a provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect.

 

23. No Waiver

 

Our failure to enforce a provision does not waive our right to enforce it later.

 

24. Contact Us

 

Questions about these Terms may be directed to:

 

Fostering the Connection LLC
camille@fosteringtheconnection.com
fosteringtheconnection.com

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