How can you go into foster care?

Answer 1

If you are seeking foster parent licensing, you must contact your local child welfare agency and ask them for information on how to become a foster parent. For instance, in Arizona, you would contact the Arizona Department of Economic Security. Once you find your state's DES website, there should be information on "how to become a foster or adoptive parent." Click the link provided and the agency will give you the requirements needed.

Each state varies in rules and regulations.

Answer 2

In some states there is a window of time from birth to 1 year of age when a parent can leave a child at a safe shelter (fire department, hospital, police department) with no risk of prosecution. Other than that, if the parent abandons the child (including turning them over to Child Protective Services) without cause, they could be prosecuted for child abandonment. Check with your states Child Protective Department to see what your local laws are.

Answer 3

You need to contact your local council, speaking as a foster carer myself it take a long time but the rewards are well worth it. I would say fostering for a charity such as TACT is much better for the children then going with your council.

Answer 4

A judge can take the parental rights from your parents and admit you to foster care which mean the state has custody and is your guardian, if you for instance is abused or if you are homeless etc. Just being tired of living at home is not a reason for the court to accept the custody from your parents or take it from them. A parent who leave their child into foster care will have a hard time getting the child back. If you are abused in any way you can contact the Child Protective Service in your state and they will see what has to be done.

Answer 5

The parents contact the CPS and they take care of it and find a foster family or a group home depending on how old the child is. Parents parental rights are taken away. They have to pay child support to the state. If the parents are neglecting their child the CPS take the child and the same as above.

Answer 6

The path to becoming a foster parent is a long one and no doubt a decision that has taken a lot of soul searching and given great thought to before reaching a final stage. Your first step is to approach your local council, whom you may find actually use an agency for this delicate procedure, which may take around six months, in which time much paperwork, checks on yourself and your family, suitability, meetings with other like minded people. Your application will go before an official child panel who will give the final verdict and from there, which child and suitability of child and most importantly of all happiness of child and all parties involved.

Answer 7

The most common route to fostering is to contact your local Department of Social Services and get hooked up through the state. Another way is to work through an adoption agency providing interim care for children about to be adopted. Bethany Christian Services (www.bethany.org) is one adoption agency that uses fostering in that method. No matter which route you decide, there's a considerable amount of training that goes into it, so be sure you're ready to really commit.

Answer 8

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