Requirements

The desire to be a support to children and families is among the most important criteria  for becoming a Partnership Parent.  The ability to lead by example, mentor, share and facilitate while providing temporary care for children is also important.

Partnership Parents are expected to demonstrate the maturity, stability, fitness, skills and competency to successfully protect, nurture, and meet the developmental needs of children; support the case goals and permanency plan for children) placed in their care. Prospective parents must be at least ten (10) years older than the child to be placed and if single, at least 25 years of age.

Prospective parents complete fingerprint check, CPS, Sexual  Offenders Registry, Pardons and Parole,  Department of Corrections, the child abuse and neglect registry in any other state that the prospective foster/adoptive parent or any adult household member over eighteen has resided in within the past five years and a medical exam. 

Prospective adoptive parents complete the same application process as Partnership Parents,  Some of the children available for adoption were given up by their parents voluntarily. Most, however, were removed from their homes by the state due to abuse, neglect or abandonment. To view a photo listing of children available for adoption visit My Turn Now.

For information on how to become a partnership or adoptive parent, call 1-877-210-KIDS or inquire on line by clicking here.