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Foster parents make a difference in the many ways they contribute to the care of children in their homes. We are exploring a model of care that defines a broad spectrum of children's needs and foster parents who can meet those needs.

• foster care for children needing homes on an emergency basis.
• the provision of care in a family setting, with very short or no notice.
• up to four children can be fostered in one home on an emergency basis, although one child is optimal.
• often very little is known about the child and foster parents must know how to deal with a wide range of behaviours and issues, including participating in planning and assessment conferences, to help see children through a difficult placement and separation process.
• emergency foster parents are reimbursed for the cost of care and are placed "on call" for a few days and nights at a time.

Respite Foster Care

• the provision of part-time care in a family setting, usually weekends.
• up to four children can be fostered in one home on a relief basis, although one child is optimal.
• gives regular foster parents or birth parents a break from daily care.
• an opportunity for families new to fostering to meet children in foster care and decide if they are ready to commit to longer-term care.
• relief foster parents are reimbursed for the cost of care.

Kinship In Care

• the provision of full-time care in a family setting, provided by a relative or acquaintance of the child.
• a relative or friend qualifies as a foster parent only after undergoing the same home study required of standard foster parents.  Participation on training is encouraged.
• up to four children can be fostered in one home, although one child is optimal.
• provisional foster parents are reimbursed for the cost of care.

• the provision of daily care in a family setting.
• up to four children can be fostered in one home, although one child is optimal.
• children may stay for a few days, weeks, or months.
• foster parents are reimbursed for the cost of care.

• the provision of full-time care in a home owned by the agency, in which the foster parents and foster children live, usually with one parent staying at home rather than working outside the home.
• up to five children can be fostered in one C.A.R.E. home, between the ages of 5 and 16.
• children fostered in a C.A.R.E. home have significant emotional and behavioral difficulties and their care requires significant skill and commitment on the part of the families involved.
• foster parents work with a team of Agency professionals to develop a plan of care and treatment for the children.
• an FC&S worker assists with care 40 hours per week, to assist foster parents with developing child management skills and programming activities for the children.
• C.A.R.E. home foster parents are reimbursed for the cost of care.
  
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Foster Adopt Care

• the provision of full-time care in a family setting, with planning for a permanent placement for the child, in cases where it appears that reunion with the birth parents is unlikely, or the courts have decided to remove custody from the birth parents.
• permanency foster parents make the commitment from the beginning to accept the child on a permanent basis, including adoption if that option is available.
• up to four children can be fostered in one home with a plan for permanency, although one child is optimal.
• permanency foster parents are reimbursed for the cost of care, until the legal process of adoption is completed.
  
  
  (519) 576-0540 and ask for a Foster Care Recruitment Worker
  or email us at foster.adoption@facswaterloo.org