licensing

Training, Daily

Every year I’m asked by our agency if I’ve done any “training” on foster parenting. It’s part of our recertification process and I want to talk a little about the training I do almost daily. To become a foster parent, there is a training requirement. It’s a class, which for us was 11 weeks IContinue reading “Training, Daily”

Recertification as a Foster Home

Every two years we have to be re-certified by the County that holds our foster care license. The process is fairly simple. First, we have to do physicals. There’s a form our doctors have to complete that basically confirms we are healthy enough to be foster parents and are up to date generally. Second, sinceContinue reading “Recertification as a Foster Home”

What it takes to get licensed as a foster parent

People sometimes ask us how hard it is to become a foster parent. Getting licensed to become foster parents was a time commitment and a whole hell of a lot of paperwork but it wasn’t difficult per se. We first had to submit an initial application, which was reviewed to determine our basic eligibility. IContinue reading “What it takes to get licensed as a foster parent”