Foster Parents provide stability and a caring home that encourages a child or youth’s growth and development. They work with staff as part of a team.
Who are Foster Parents?
Foster Parents come from all walks of life and a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. They may be young couples raising their own children, experiencing parents with grown children or single people with training in child care or related professions. All have a genuine interest in children, a sense of community responsibility and enjoy the challenge presented by foster care.
Why become a Foster Parent?
- To share your energy and enthusiasm with a particular child.
- To work with other community professionals helping both the child/youth and the parents work out their problems.
- To help a child or youth learn new skills.
What kind of support to Foster Parents receive?
The Children’s Aid Society provides initial orientation and ongoing training, regular visits and support, access to other therapeutic services a child may require and daily non-taxable reimbursement for the child’s living expenses and supplementary needs.
Become and Ambassador for Homes for Kids!
We are looking for places to post the foster family recruitment message. We encourage you to contact us with your suggestions about where we can post our promotional materials. Whether it’s a bulletin board at your child’s daycare, in the lunchroom at work or at the corner store. We would love to hear from you. Please help us in our job to keep children safe, build healthy families and provide stable, nurturing environments for the benefit of our children’s growth and development.
