How It Works: Your Journey to Change a Life Starts Here

When you set out to become a foster parent, the steps are simple, but the impact can last a lifetime—for both you and the child you’re opening your home to. Whether you’re still considering it or ready to move forward, knowing the process can help you feel more prepared and supported. Here’s how fostering works and how you can make a meaningful difference, one step at a time.

Step 1

Find an Agency

Ready to make a difference? Your first step is choosing a local provider agency to guide you.
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Step 2

Complete Training

Next, your provider agency will guide you through completing all required training.

Step 3

Start Fostering

Open your home to a child in need and join a supportive, like-minded community. Contact us to access fostering resources and support.
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Foster Care 101 Meetings

Thinking About Fostering?

Our Foster Care 101 Meeting is the perfect place to start. This virtual session will give you the chance to learn more, ask questions, and discover which foster care agency is the best fit for you. Come explore how you can change a life—maybe even your own.

Start Your Journey

Ready to make a difference? Your first step is choosing a local provider agency to guide you.

Find an Agency Near You

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Reportable Incidents Include:

  • Death of a child
  • Child is in a life-threatening situation
  • A significant change in a child’s medical condition
  • Psychiatric hospitalization
  • A child who is missing from care and placed on the Amber Alert system returns to care
  • Natural disasters where children are displaced
  • Suicide attempts
  • Injuries requiring medical treatment including psychiatric hospitalization
  • Runaway incidents
  • A caregiver/staff member or child contracts a communicable disease
  • Commission of a Crime, including those committed by youth or crimes occur at a home or facility in which youth are placed
  • Allegations of abuse, neglect or abusive treatment
  • A child’s abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
  • Allegation and/or confirmed child-on-child physical and/or sexual abuse.