The Foster Care Placement Process

Placement:

When a County Social Worker calls us with a potential placement, one of our Social Workers will contact you to discuss the placement and disclose any information that has been obtained on the foster child(ren). The choice of whether to accept the placement or not is entirely up to you.

When we contact you, we will provide as much information as we have regarding the following:

• Reasons why the child was removed and current assesment.
• Medical history of the foster child.
• Visitations with biological family members.
• Counseling or other services the child is receiving.
• School grade and any educational issues.
• Any behavioral problems or other concerns.
• Parental history of the biological father and mother.
• Other information that has been provided regarding the child and/or biological family.

If the decision is made to move forward, a pre-placement visit may be arranged or the placement may be immediate.

Post-Placement:

After the initial placement, we render our extensive post placement support services, including:

• Weekly or Bi-weekly visits to your home.
• 24 Hour on-call availability.
• Individual child assesment.
• Family counseling.
• Development of community resources.
• Educational planning and development.
• Counseling planning.
• Parenting skills.

During the time the child is placed you will receive a monthly reimbursement to help offset expenditures.