How long is the foster care certification process?
Pre-certification classes are required and take 10 weeks. Topics include: Understanding the Impact, Helping Children with Attachments, Helping Children with Birth Family Connections, and Discipline without Punishment. We hold the classes twice a year, in the spring and the fall. Family home meetings, background checks and a written homestudy are also part of the process. Typically, it can take up to 6 months to become certified.

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1. Why become a foster parent?
2. Why do children come into foster care?
3. How long is the foster care certification process?
4. What if I have an arrest record?
5. How quickly will you place a child in my home?
6. How long do children stay in care?
7. What about the birth family?
8. How can I afford to care for a foster child?