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562 Manzanita Avenue, Suite 1
Chico, CA 95926
530 343-6674
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African American families urgently needed for all ages, especially older children and sibling groups
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Families For Children - Foster Care and Adoption Services
Families For Children, Inc is a full service California licensed private Non-Profit 501c(3) Adoption & Foster Family Agency,
established in 1989. Our mission is to assist in finding permanent adoptive families for the thousands of California children
currently in foster care and provide caring short term foster homes for children temporarily removed from their biological parents.
Our experienced professional staff, dedicated donors and volunteers have
worked together to build our established reputation for quality services.
Families For Children offers services throughout Northern California for adoptive and foster parents providing care for children in their communities with offices centrally located in
Roseville,
Chico,
Stockton, Fairfield, Oakland, and Santa Clara, California.
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Our children are our future... our gift to a brighter tomorrow.
Adopting from Foster Care:
Families For Children is fully licensed by the State of California and we work in partnership with over 35 California counties to find loving, permanent adoptive families for thousands of waiting foster children of all ages who have been removed from their biological parents due to abuse or neglect and are currently dependents of the juvenile court. These children come from a variety of ethnicities including Caucasian, African American, Hispanic and
multi-racial backgrounds.
Families For Children offers a full range of adoption services for adoptive parents in with our
Concurrent Planning and Adoptive Matching Programs.
Which program you choose will depend on the age range you are willing to consider and what level of risk is acceptable to you.
One of our experienced adoption workers can discuss all aspects of foster adoption with you at a confidential one on one personal orientation, scheduled at your convenience.
With our full service California adoption license, Families For Children will be with you through the entire adoption process, from certification and home study,
to the finalization of your adoption without the need for an attorney. Our programs are designed
to enable adoptive parents to explore and consider many options in planning
for adoption.
African American Adoptions:
African American families urgently needed for all ages, especially older children and sibling groups. We have multiple counties across Northern California specifically requesting African American families for children in need of permanent adoptive homes.
For a detailed look at adoption requirements and the adoptive placement process, please view our extensive Topics on Adoption.
- Full Service California State Adoption Licensed - No attorney required
- Weekly or bi-weekly in-home support visits
- Continuity of service: We will work with you throughout the process from the home study through finalization of your adoption.
- Prompt, professional home study completions
- Confidential individual orientations for parents
- No agency or home study fees for Adoptions from Foster Care
- 24 hour crisis availability
- Experienced, Master's degreed Adoption Workers
- In-home Support Services
- Post Adoptive support
Foster Care:
*A Focus on Teens*
The call for committed, caring foster families is great in communities across California. Foster families are a part of our
professional foster care team, fully supported by our staff in a close working relationship, providing foster children with the education,
stability, skills and support they need to succeed in the world as adults. Our social workers recognize and respond to the individual
needs of each child and support each family with
additional mental health, educational, recreational and treatment
resources. All of our foster parents are certified by Families For Children
to provide foster care and accept children placed through our agency.
We refer to our foster families as "professional parents", these families care for abused and neglected children who can be best helped in a family
setting, augmented by professional services. To assist new Foster Families in
beginning the process, we reimburse Fingerprinting Fees and CPR/First Aid training costs. We offer one on one personal interviews to
prospective foster parents at their convenience. For a detailed look at Foster Parent requirements and the placement process, please view our
Topics on Foster Care.
- Monthly reimbursements.
- Weekly or bi-weekly in-home support visits
- In home support & parenting skills training
- Coordination and supervision of birth parent's visits and interactions
- Coordination of medical, psychological and educational needs and referrals
- 24 hour crisis availability
- Quarterly children's evaluation reviews
- Individual orientations with prospective foster parents.
- 12 hours Pre-certification educational classes
- In-depth homestudies
You can make a difference in your community!
Ongoing Training For Foster and Adoptive Families:
- Extensive training on working with teens
- Parenting classes
- Assistance with locating resources such as medical and counseling services.
- Information on behavior management
- Working with emotionally, physically and sexually abused children
- Child development
- Supervision and care responsibilities
- Development of community resources
- Medical issues
- Reporting responsibilities
- Laws, Regulations and Emergency Planning
Areas We Serve:
Families For Children is licensed for adoption and foster care in Alameda County, Amador County, Butte County, El Dorado County, Nevada County, Placer County, Sacramento County, Santa Clara County, San Joaquin County, Sierra County, Solano County, Sutter County, Yolo County and Yuba County. We provide adoption and foster family agency services the following communities:
Sacramento Area
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Central Valley
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