What is Family Foster Care?
Family Foster Care is the opening of your home to children who need temporary out-of-home placement in a nurturing, family environment. Foster care is temporary care in a family environment of children and youth from infancy to 21 years old. These children must leave their own families for a few weeks, months, or several years due to abuse, neglect, parent incapacitation, or the youths own unmanageable behaviors. Family Foster Cares ultimate goal is to reunite children with their families, prepare them for adoption and/or independent living. Our program works currently in partnership with 15 departments of Social Services that call on us often to place their children in our licensed foster homes. We as an agency take responsibility of a child that is in the DSS system. Our agency works closely with DSS departments around North Carolina. Who are Foster Parents? The first requirement for being a foster parent is to love children regardless of their background of any problem which might s
