Hands Across The Water
General Foster Care Program
The General Foster Care Program
is designed to provide temporary care for children in need of an
out-of-home placement which provides a family-like setting.
The
purpose and primary goal of this program is to allow the child’s family
the time and services necessary to develop an appropriate parenting
plan for their child and to reunify the child with his/her biological
family as soon as possible. This is accomplished by providing
services to the biological family, the child and the foster
family.
Children
enter the foster care program after being removed from their family of
origin by order of the court based on the recommendation of the
Department of Human Services. The General Foster Care Program is
committed to providing families, whether biological, foster, or
adoptive, the education and tools necessary to plan and nurture the
children in their care.
There are no fees charged by HATW for becoming a foster family. The necessary training is also free.
Hands Across the Water and the foster home providing services to the children in the General Foster Care Program will, together, be prepared to meet all the needs of the children by:
- Providing
a temporary family-like setting Strengthening the biological family’s
ability to care for the child through mentorship and support as
appropriate.
- Providing at least monthly contact with the foster care worker to the foster care family and foster child.
- Providing
consistent visitation between the child and the biological
family. The frequency of visitation would be at least weekly
unless otherwise ordered by the court.
- Providing
the opportunity for pre-service and on-going training and taking
advantage of these opportunities for the purposes of licensing
compliance and self-growth.
- Attempting
to reunify the foster child with his/her biological family or provide a
permanency plan in lieu of reunification in a timely manner.
Contact our office for more information. Check out this blog site for more info on Foster Parenting.
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