Foster Parents Urgently Needed In Sonoma County

From Sonoma County Human Services Department: There’s an URGENT NEED for emergency foster parents and families to open their homes to local foster children and give them a place they can feel safe, wanted and loved.

See if becoming a foster parent is right for your family at a one-hour talk, Explore Foster Parenting, on Monday, July 30, 6-7 p.m., at 2255 Challenger Way, Suite 100, Santa Rosa. Hear from experienced foster parents and local foster care agencies, including TLC Child and Family Services, Alternative Family Services, the Sonoma County Human Services Department and Lilliput Families. Call for reservations: (707) 565-4274.

Learn more about the different types of foster parents, so you can choose what fits for you:

· Provide a temporary home as an emergency foster parent or foster parent,

· Foster parent a child with the potential of adoption, or

· Rent a room and act as a mentor to an older foster youth going to school or working.

Visit sonomafostercare.org for more about becoming a foster parent and the foster care agencies serving Sonoma County children.

Future 2018 dates for monthly Explore Foster Parenting talks are Aug. 27, Sept. 24, Oct. 29, Nov. 26 and Dec. 17.

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