Adult, Family and Children's Services Programs
Foster Care
The Foster Care Program provides for the temporary placement and
supervision of a child/children placed in the custody of this
agency by the court. Placement may be in a foster family home,
group home or residential treatment facility based on the specific
needs of the child. While in foster care a social worker assists
the family and child/children toward resolving the problems that
brought them into foster care.
It is the goal of the Foster Care Program to provide permanency
to children by returning the child/children to the parent or prior
custodian, placement with an appropriate relative or through adoption
or independent living, for older youth.
For additional information, please contact the program supervisors
at (804/768-7546) or (804/748-1181)
Independent Living
The Independent Living Program seeks to assist foster care youth
between the ages of 16-21 years of age by helping them to develop
the basic skills needed to move from foster care to independence.
In 1999, the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) ensured
federal funding to increase services to youth who are likely to
remain in foster care until 18 years of age or those who are 18-21
and need extra support in their efforts to achieve self-sufficiency.
Some of the services offered include education, vocational training
and daily living skills.
For additional information, please contact the Independent Living
Coordinator at 804/786-7559
Adoption
The Adoption Program focuses on providing permanent homes for
those children in the custody of the agency who are unable to be
reunited with their birth families and whose parents’ parental
rights have been terminated by the court. In addition, adoption
staff provides supervision and complete home studies, when ordered
by the court, in stepparent and parental placement adoptions.
Currently, we have a partnership with Children’s Home Society,
a local adoption agency, who recruits, trains and completes home
studies for prospective adoptive parents.
For additional information, please contact the program supervisor
at 804/748-1181 or see the Children’s Home Society website
at www.chsva.org
Adoption Searches
The Department also conducts searches on behalf
of adult adoptees, over the age of 18, whose adoption was finalized
in Chesterfield County or the City of Colonial Heights. These searches
are initiated upon the submission of an application for disclosure
to the Virginia Department of Social Services.
For further information please contact:
Adoption Supervisor at (804) 748-1181
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