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The Matching Process
Please remember, we are looking for families for children, not children for families.
Many children who need foster care have brothers and sisters. If you are unable to take more than one child, you may wait longer for a placement. Imagine how you might feel if your and your brother or sister had to be removed from your parents. That is scary enough... but much worse if you had to also be separated from each other because the foster parents couldn't take both.
No matter what type of child you foster, there will be times when you won't have a child placed in your home. We have little control over which children come into our care or when. But it is our aim to have a home available for every child who needs a place to live.
Once placed, the children will stay with you until their parents are able to work through the problems that disrupted the family or until the child is placed with an adoptive family. You will do everything for the foster child that you would do for your own children, including transportation to visits and making sure their basic needs are met.
Each month you will receive a reimbursement check to cover the cost of the child. At this time, our agency also helps with daycare costs, clothing and certain school costs. Medical and dental expenses are covered by Clinton County Children Services.
