Αποτελέσματα Αναζήτησης
The first step is to learn as much as you can about becoming a foster, foster-to-adopt, or a child specific adoptive parent. To get started, fill out the Request for More Information form.
Inquire now! Fostering Idaho exists to build a community of well-educated, trained and supported foster parents, foster families, respite foster carers, and other resources for foster children in Idaho.
Foster parents provide safe, loving, temporary care for children whose parents cannot safely meet their needs. The majority of children or youth who cannot be safely reunified with their parents/guardian will achieve permanency through their relative, kinship family, or foster parent.
Foster youth get a free membership at the YMCA. Foster parents can go into the YMCA and staff will get everyone set up. Foster parents do not get free memberships but can apply for a personal pricing plan, if that is necessary.
To qualify as a potential foster parent, you must: Fill out an application by calling 2-1-1. Attend an orientation meeting. Complete FIRST, a FREE foster parent educational resource training. Pass a child abuse and fingerprint-based criminal background check. Complete Home Study and Safety Assessment. Complete all licensing requirements.
Idaho Foster & Adoptive Parent Association (IDFAPA) is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to improve care and support foster and adoptive children in the state of Idaho. We provide resources for foster youth and their families.
Our Wednesday’s Child Team provides comprehensive recruitment services for youth in foster care seeking permanency through adoption or guardianship. Our CWWTD Team provides training for social workers within the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Family and Child Services.
