What does it take to provide proper foster care?
Eligibility
Individuals who:
- Are single or married
- Are preferably at least 21 years of age
- Have their own source of income from employment or benefits
- Are able to provide a safe and healthy home
- Have enough living space to care for a child, either in a house or apartment
- Are willing to work with an agency, children’s families, schools and others
- Are able to help a child cope with separation from his family and with the effects of abuse and neglect
- Are able to let go when the time comes
Program Support
Our Foster Care Program offers:
- Support to foster families prior to, during and after placement by agency
- Pre-service training during approval to prepare families for foster parenting
- Regular in-service training at any time on issues that are of concern or interest
- Notification of workshops, conferences and regional trainings
- Support through a resource library of books/videotapes on relevant subjects
- Ongoing recognition for foster parents in newsletters and at an annual event during Foster Parent Appreciation Month (May)
- Networking opportunities with other foster parents or resources set up by recruiter/trainer to help with foster parenting issues