Regular
Foster parents protect and nurture the children in care. Regular foster parents also have training, and receive reimbursements for the cost of fostering. Most of our foster parents are "traditional" and "kinship" foster parents.
Kinship/Relative
Kinship Care, where children are being taken care of by their extended families, is a valuable and important form of foster care and adoption. It is often the least traumatic and best possible foster care environment for children because it helps them maintain consistency and normalcy in their lives during an already difficult time.
Kinship parents can receive welfare benefits for the child, or a monthly Foster Care payment (if they become licensed), or child support from the child's parents.
Every kinship parent is given an opportunity to become a licensed Foster or Adoptive parent.
Respite Care provides short-term care for children for at least 24 hours, to a maximum of 21 consecutive days (30 days if the parent is in an in-patient detoxification unit). Providers are certified foster care parents who are willing to provide short-term care for children who remain in the custody of their parents or caretakers.
Kinship Care can provide the best possible care for children whose families are in crisis.