Homes For Foster Youth Needed In Marin County​

MARIN COUNTY, CA — May is National Foster Care Month, and foster care families are needed in Marin County.

Marin averages 80 children in foster care. Nearly 30 percent of Marin's foster youth are placed in homes outside the county because of a lack of foster care families, according to the county.

The Marin County Department of Health and Human Services is seeking more homes in Marin to bring more children in foster care back to their own communities.

Foster care families, also known as resource families, can provide temporary care to children while biological families work toward reunification. They can also choose to be an adoptive family.

Learn more about foster care at a monthly orientation meeting hosted by the county's Children and Family Services Division. A social worker and a resource parent co-facilitate the meetings and discuss the application process and training and support, as well as answer questions.

The next orientation meeting will take place online from 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday. For more information and to register, visit www.FosterOurFutureMarin.org or call Leslie Fields at 415-473-6418.