Roles and Responsibilities

Birth Parent:  Maintains an active co-parenting role; regularly consults with foster parent about child’s progress, issues; promotes positive relationship between child and foster parent; and, maintains communication with child through established channels.

Partnership and Resource Parents: Responsible for day-to-day care and decisions regarding care, maintenance and welfare; actively consults with birth parent and agency on religious upbringing, discipline, education, moral training, social and recreational activities, and non-emergency medical and dental care. 

Parenting does not require living in the same house; many parenting activities can be shared with or carried out by the birth parent. 

Here are some examples of parenting roles

that do not require co-habitation:

Sidelines Clapper             Hair Brusher               Allowance Giver        

Cheek Kisser                     Diaper Changer          Heart Mender             

Picture Taker                      Goodnight Wisher      Homework Helper     

Bump/Bruise Healer         Clothes Mender          Advice Giver             

Schedule Planner             IEP Signer