Become a Foster Parent
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Do you have an extra seat in your car? Do you have an extra chair around your kitchen table?
Foster parenting is about changing lives one child at a time. It’s about providing unconditional love to a child in need. It is about believing and investing in the future. We hope you will consider making that investment.
It’s easy to qualify to become a foster parent. Qualifications:
- 21 years of age or older
- Have room for a child
- Possess NC driver’s license and insurance coverage and be able to transport children
- Consent to a federal and state background check
- Want to work in partnership with Eliada
- Be able to nurture a child’s development
Click the button below for the Foster Parent Application
For information on the required orientation for prospective foster parents, click the button below
To watch the Foster Hope, Foster Love, Foster Families video, click the button below
What kind of support can I expect?
Training to become a foster parent is provided by Eliada staff who are dedicated and qualified professionals. Eliada provides this training free of charge. These trainings are provided in a group setting or individually before a child is placed in your home.
Each foster parent works with a consultant who is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Eliada’s consultants provide individualized supervision and support to foster parents. Eliada’s professional staff of clinicians, psychologists, psychiatrist, nurses and other experts in the field are also available to foster families to assist with extra support.
Respite care providers are also available for foster families.
What are some common misconceptions about foster care?
MYTH: You can only foster to adopt
FACT: While fostering to adopt is an option we offer; it is not the only type of fostering. Other types include Respite, Short or Long Term, and Therapeutic Foster Care.
MYTH: Foster parents have to be in a heterosexual relationship
FACT: Foster families come in all shapes and sizes. One can foster regardless of gender, sexuality, age, or relationship status
MYTH: You have to own a house.
FACT: You don’t need to own a home; you just need space for a child.
MYTH: Getting licensed is too hard.
FACT: Getting licensed requires 30 hours of training and is a 4-6-month process start to finish. A licensing specialist is by your side the whole time. Eliada offers both group and individual training to accommodate all schedules and needs.
MYTH: Foster families are unsupported.
FACT: Eliada’s Foster Care Consultants work with you throughout fostering and are available 24/7.
Interested in learning more about becoming a foster parent?
Please contact our Foster Care department
We are looking for professional, dependable, and enthusiastic individuals to train to become foster parents (family foster care, therapeutic foster care and respite care providers)!