What types of foster parents are there?
Most foster parents begin to care for children whose goal is to be reunited with their birth parents or other family members as soon as possible. . Sometimes, however, the children we serve have suffered significant trauma and require more structured care. We train our foster families and provide them with the necessary tools to offer therapeutic foster care to these children. Foster parents who either already have necessary skills, or are willing to be trained to meet the special needs of these foster children, may become part of a “specialized” or “treatment” foster care program providing intensive services. These foster families also receive extra payments.
Most foster parents care for children whose goal is to be reunited with their parents or other family members as soon as possible through a regular foster care program for abused or neglected children. Sometimes children in foster care need extra or special care from the foster family. If so, the family must have the skills, knowledge and experience to meet the individual needs of the children. Foster parents who either already have necessary skills, or are willing to be trained to meet the special needs of these foster children, may become part of a specialized or treatment foster care program which provides extra or special care to children. These foster families receive extra payments each month. In certain circumstances it may be that children placed in your home can never return to their parents. When this occurs, you may have the option of helping to prepare these children to be adopted by you, or you may be asked to help them get ready to be adopted by someone else. DCFS also of
