BECOME A FOSTER PARENT
Change A Life For Good
Open your heart and home as a foster parent to a child, teen, or group of siblings in Southwest Florida. Hundreds of kids in Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry, and Glades Counties have suffered abuse, neglect, and abandonment – and they need a nurturing foster home now. Foster parents provide a loving, temporary refuge until the youth can be reunited with their biological family or transition to a permanent living arrangement such as adoption.
Please ask yourself if you feel called to become a foster parent. You can make a difference for a lifetime in a relatively short time by fostering. The first life that will be changed is your own.
A Decision to Foster
The Licensing Process
Becoming a foster parent is a mutual assessment process. Children’s Network of SWFL will work closely with you to determine if the foster parent program is a suitable match for both of us. The path to being licensed as a foster parent in Southwest Florida involves the following steps:
1. Contact Children’s Network of SWFL:
Use the form on this page, or call us at (855) 933-KIDS (5437).
2. Complete the Pre-Service Training:
Attend an orientation session followed by the 30-hour (6 week) parenting program called PRIDE. (In response to COVID-19, virtual options are available to complete this step online.).
3. Complete the Other Licensing Requirements:
These include background checks, an inspection of the home, and an assessment of the family called a “home study.”
4. Welcome Your First Foster Child:
You will change a life for good as a foster parent – and help a child move past their past.
Begin Your Journey Now
Complete this simple form to start your fostering journey. A member of the Children’s Network of SWFL team will be in touch with you soon.
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Foster Teens & Siblings
Why I Foster
A Decision to Foster
