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Waiting Children
Foster Care and Adoption Basics
By National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
A caseworker will visit you in your home. The purpose is to discuss your personal history, family interests and lifestyle, childcare experiences, the types of children you feel would best fit in your home and your strengths and skills in meeting the children's needs.
Responsibilities- Provide daily care and nurturing of children in foster care.
- Advocate for children in their schools and communities.
- Inform the children's caseworkers about adjustments to the home, school and community, as well as any problems that may arise, including any serious illnesses, accidents or serious occurrences involving the foster children or their own families.
- Make efforts as team members with children's caseworkers toward reunifying children with their birth families.
- Provide a positive role model to birth families, and help children learn life skills.
Adoptive Parents
- Provide permanent homes and a lifelong commitment to children into adulthood.
- Provide for the short-term and long-term needs of children.
- Provide for children's emotional, mental, physical, social, educational and cultural needs, according to each child's developmental age and growth.
- May become certified as a foster family and accept children who are not legally free for adoption, but whose permanency plan is adoption.
Requirements
The prospective foster/adoptive parents may be single or married and must: - Be at least 21 years of age, financially stable and responsible mature adults.
- Complete an application (staff will assist you, if you prefer).
- Share information regarding their background and lifestyle.
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