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Types of Children Needing Foster Care

Take our questionnaire about becoming a foster care provider.

Children who need foster or relative care through DSHS are temporarily separated from their families due to abuse or neglect. The children:

Range in age from 0-18.
May be part of a sibling group (2 or more).
Come from diverse ethnic and cultural populations.
May have medical, mental and/or physical health issues.
May have developmental delays.
May have been exposed to drug and alcohol use/abuse.

All foster children are affected by the separation from their family. Sometimes this stress and worry shows up in their behavior. Some children have not experienced the usual routines of family life and need extra understanding and patience.

Introduction

Types of Children Needing Foster Care

Licensing Information

Financial Assistance

Foster Parents' Rights and Responsibilities

What to Expect

Statewide Foster Parent Recruitment Information Center
For information about becoming a foster or adoptive parent

Call 1-888-KIDS-414
(1-888-543-7414)

Operated by Northwest Resource Associates

Why Become a Caregiver?
Here's why... (YouTube, 5 min.)

Adopt a Foster Child Through DSHS

Reimbursement & Liability Plans
Foster Parent Reimbursement & Liability Plans (1.25 Mb)

Fact Sheets with Contact Info

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Region 1 South: English | Spanish | Russian

Region 2 North: English | Spanish | Russian

Region 2 South: English | Spanish | Russian

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Region 3 South: English | Spanish | Russian

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Types of Children Needing Foster Care

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