HSD Family and Children's Services Foster Care and Adoption
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| General Agency Information | |||
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| Name: | HSD Family and Children's Services Foster Care and Adoption | ||
| Alternate Name(s): | Santa Cruz County Foster Care and Adoption | ||
| Address: | 1400 Emeline Avenue Bldg. K Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Driving Directions | ||
| Primary Phone: | 831-345-2700 | ||
| Use California Relay: Yes | |||
| Email Address: | fostercare@fostercare4kids.com | ||
| Website: | www.fostercare4kids.com | ||
| Days/Hours of Operation/Phone: | Monday-Friday, 8-5 | ||
| Description: | Become an adoptive or foster parent to a child in need. Each year in our community over 250 children are removed from their families due to abuse and neglect. While many children are able to safely return home, many cannot. You can help by either providing a loving temporary foster or permanent adoptive home to a child need. Teens and sibling groups are especially in need.
Four Ways To Change A Life 1. Be a Foster Parent: Open your heart and home to a child in need. Training is available. 2. Be an Adoptive Parent: Provide a permanent, loving home to a foster child through adoption. 3. Be a Court Appointed Special Advocate: Advocate for a foster child's best interests inside and outside of the courtroom. Call (831) 761-2956. 4. Be a Donor: Help fill the void my making a monetary donation to the Youth Resource Bank by calling (831) 689-9609. Or you can join the Foster Parent Association, call (831) 426-9673. ELIGIBILITY: 21 years of age or older, people with a variety of life experiences and from all religious, ethnic, cultural backgrounds and orientations can become successful foster parents. Foster parents may be single, married, divorced, with children, without children, LGBT, younger or older. They may rent or own their home. We are looking for people of quality who will open their hearts to our children as well as their homes. | ||
| Languages other than English: | Spanish | ||
| Accommodations for Disabled: | Parking & Wheelchair Access | ||
| Public Transportation: | Available Within One Block | ||
| Eligibility: | See Description Notes | ||
| Fees: | Call for Information | ||
| Areas Served: | Santa Cruz County | ||
| Physical Location: | Santa Cruz | ||
| Funding Source: | County Government Federal Government State Government | ||
| Related Agencies | |||
| Parent Agency: | HSD Family and Children's Services-Child Protective Services | ||
| Subject Headings | |||
| Adoption Counseling and Support Adoption Evaluation/Placement Adoption Information Adoption Services Adoptive Family Recruitment Foster Care for Dependent Children Foster Home Licensing Foster Parent/Family Recruitment Foster Parents Government Agencies Kinship Care Mutual Support Groups | |||
| This record last modified November 27, 2012 | |||
