Foster Care

Foster parents provide safe, secure homes for children removed from their birth families due to issues of abuse, trauma, neglect or other challenging situations. Successful foster parent training...

Foster care is a temporary situation that can help a child in many ways. Christian Family Care Agency says, "There are an estimated 7,000 children in Arizona and 550,000 children nationwide in...

Applying for foster care is a long drawn out, emotionally charged process. A person who makes the decision is usually someone who is very excited to begin helping children and is anxious to get...

Foster parenting can be incredibly rewarding, fulfilling and educational. It can also be difficult, frustrating and downright heartbreaking. Before you embark on this journey, consider the pros...

In today's materialistic world, it's easy to get on treadmill of thinking you are depriving your children if they don't have it all: the newest electronics, the best schools, sports and music...

When you become a foster parent, even after all the classes you take and training you receive, you often have a rosy view of how it’s going to be. You imagine a sweet little child coming into...

The entire month of May is set aside to acknowledge National Foster Care Month. This is to build public awareness of the hundreds of thousands of children waiting in the foster care system for a...

When children enter the foster care system, they are often frightened and traumatized. The first foster parents that care for a child in an emergency situation are often short-term care...

It is wonderful you have made the decision to at least check into foster care. There are so many children who need a loving home.

Most foster children will come into your home with many things to sort out. There are a few children that present no real problems while living in your home. Other children might present difficult...

Emergency care foster homes are most often used as a temporary living situation for a child in need. You need a special license and training to run a home for someone who is not genetically...

A pre-adoption care foster home gives temporary lodging to one or more children while they wait for the adoption process to finish. You can run your own pre-adoption facility out of your house,...

Short-term care foster homes lodge children temporarily while agencies look for a stable long-term solution. If you want to run this type of home, you need certification and skills to provide a...

Unfortunately, there are a lot of resources available to foster children that they may never be able to use. Typically, there is no one to advise them or no one to enforce the legally mandated...

Being a foster parent means opening your home for a period of time to children who have been removed from their biological parents for a variety of reasons. Some have been either abused or...

To be a foster parent you must be sure it is a challenge you are ready for. Foster parenting takes time, money and the right personality.