BE A FOSTER PARENT

Our goal is to keep families together whenever possible. If that can’t happen, we turn first to extended family or someone with an existing relationship with the child or youth. When families and their networks cannot care for a child, foster parents play a crucial role in caring for and nurturing them until they can safely return home.

We currently have a drastic shortage of foster placements. Children and youth in foster care can range in age from 0-18 and may have siblings.  Like in our community, some children who need foster care have different abilities or accessibility needs. They come from all ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds and may identify as LGBTQ2S+, and we are looking for foster parents to embrace and even reflect this diversity. As an agency, we acknowledge that racism, anti-black and anti-Indigenous racism, and social inequality negatively impact outcomes for children and youth. We are refocusing our work to see and serve every child in the context of their connections to family, culture, and community. Our goal is to offer culturally appropriate placements to the children in our community who need out-of-home care. As such, we will be especially pleased to accept applications from individuals who identify as Black, First Nations, Inuit, or Metis due to the over-representation of Black and Indigenous children in the child welfare sector.

We are currently taking inquiries and applications from people who want to learn more about becoming foster parents.

PRIDE training, along with several other required trainings for new foster or adoptive applicants, will be offered beginning January 2024. Please reach out today for more information or to get started: general.info@facsfla.ca

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

Only available to individuals who live in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington