Adult, Family and Children's Services Programs
Foster Parent Recruitment
Social Workers recruit, train and certify Resource homes for temporary
placement of children placed in the custody of
Social Services.
Our Foster Care Permanency Team provides safe, alternate
family care to children temporarily placed outside their home as
a result of abuse, neglect or serious family problems.
Believing in the power of family and community
. . .
become a Resource Foster Parent . . .
Our need for Resource Homes is ongoing, especially needed
are foster resource parents for ...
- Infants and toddlers
- older children and teen
- siblings – pairs and groups
- children with developmental and educational delays
Resource parents ...
- must be at least 21
- may be married or single but NOT in a current live-in relationship
- may work outside the home
- must be able to provide a safe, secure, structured, happy
home.
Supports to Resource Parents ...
To help support resource parents caring for
a child in foster care, our resource parents receive:
- a stipend for room, board, clothing and related expenses
- ongoing training and support including workshops, social events,
and a foster parent support group
- occasional respite services for the foster child
- day care services for working resource parents
- State Medicaid for medical expenses for all foster children
- WIC for infants and toddlers
- Support and contact from the Family Development Specialist
Teens to Adult Transition
"Teens to Adult Transitions" is an exciting initiative
by the Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Department of Social Services
that is aimed at improving the quality of service delivery for
our teens in foster care. These efforts are directed toward developing
independent life skills, stability and permanency for these teens.
In addition to these benefits is an increased monthly stipend for
the foster family from what the state allows ($449/month) to $1000/month
along with supportive services.
For information on becoming a Resource Parent,
you may call Nancy
Hamacher,
Family Development Specialist at (804) 748-1103,
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays.
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