The Most Commonly Asked Questions about Fostering

Question: How do children end up being put into foster care?
Answer: Children, who are victims of troubled families, get removed from their home environment by individual County Children and Youth Agencies when it is determined that their safety is at risk or their basic needs are not adequately met.

Question: What are the age ranges of the children placed into foster care?
Answer: The ages of children placed in foster care can range from infancy to teenage years.

Question: What do I have to do to become a foster parent?
Answer: Perspective foster parents are required to go through an interviewing and orientation process, which consist of a home study, police background checks, child abuse clearances, and health appraisals. Attending trainings on a variety of children and adolescent issues are also expected. A Recruitment Specialist assists in this orientation process. Becoming an approved foster parent usually takes 8 to 12 weeks.

Question: Must I be married to become a foster parent?
Answer: Single individuals are approved as Salvation Army Children's Services foster parents, however, he or she is strongly encouraged to have a strong support system in place due to the high demands of caring for children.

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