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The Virginia Department of Social Services Foster Care Program provides homes and compassionate foster parents for children who are removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect, or other family circumstances that prevent children from remaining in their homes.

Provide temporary out-of -home care for children in the custody of the Department of Social Services, delivering supportive services to the children, their parents, and their foster families. Services are directed to reuniting families where possible and to placing the child in an alternative permanent home when reunification is not possible. Recruit and train foster parents. Complete home studies for interstate placement and custody requests. The Independent Living Program helps older youth in foster care acquire and use life skills to become self-sufficient.

Provides services, substitute care, and supervision for a child on a 24-hour basis until the child can return to his or her family or be placed in an adoptive home or another permanent foster care placement. Local departments of social services provide training for foster parents. The training is designed to help foster parents understand and manage the needs of children in their care.

Provides services, substitute care and supervision for a child on a 24-hour basis until the child can return to his or her family or be placed in an adoptive home or another permanent foster care placement. Local departments of social services provide training for foster parents. The training is designed to help foster parents understand and manage the needs of children in their care.

This program provides services designed to discover and prevent abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older persons. Such services mush be coordinated with the local department of social services and local law enforcement officers.

Provides community based treatment for children and adolescents while they reside with highly trained therapeutic families.

Foster care services offer temporary placement of a child with a substitute caregiver. Returning the child home is the first goal, followed by relative care and adoption. This agency provides training to adults who are interested in becoming approved foster parents.

The purpose of adoption is to place children who have been permanently and legally separated from their birth parents with a new family. It is a social and legal process which gives new parent(s) the same rights and obligations as biological parents.

The provision of services to ensure permanency for children where parental rights have been terminated by the courts.

Offered in support of families interested in adopting children, as well as providing information regarding children who become free for adoption. There are several types of adoptions: agency initiated adoptions, adoptions that are parental placements, and step-parent adoptions. The Child Welfare Unit performs searches for adopted children who are searching for their natural parents.

Therapeutic Foster Care is a temporary arrangement in which approved caregivers open their hearts and home to provide safe, loving, and nurturing care for youth whose birth family are unable to care for them. Therapeutic foster parents receive specialized training and additional support services to care for youth who experience a variety of needs. These needs may include: emotional, behavioral, or social challenges, complex medical needs, physical or intellectual disabilities or who may have experienced multiple placements within the foster care system.

Provides services, substitute care, and supervision for a child on a 24hr basis until the child can return to his or her family or be placed in an adoptive home or another permanent foster care placement. Local departments of social services provide training for foster parents. The training is designed to help foster parents understand and manage the needs of children in their care.

Provides services, substitute care, and supervision for a child on a 24-hour basis until the child can return to his or her family or be placed in an adoptive home or another permanent foster care placement. Local departments of social services provide training for foster parents. The training is designed to help foster parents understand and manage the needs of children in their care.

Assists children who have been permanently and legally separated from their birth parents to become permanent members of a new family. The goal of adoption is the third ranking permanency planning goal for Virginian children in foster care. Return of the child to the birth parents is the first goal and placement with relatives with a transfer of custody to the relative is the second goal. The goal of adoption is selected for children in foster care when the two higher-ranking goals cannot be achieved.

Elderly and disabled adults who are unable to protect themselves from abuse, neglect, and exploitation are eligible for our services, regardless of income. Adult protective services investigates reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation of adults over the age of 60 or incapacitated adults over the age of 18.

Provides services, substitute care, and supervision for a child on a 24-hour basis until the child can return to his or her family or be placed in an adoptive home or another permanent foster care placement. Local departments of social services provide training for foster parents. The training is designed to help foster parents understand and manage the needs of children in their care.

Investigates reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults over 60 years of age and incapacitated adults over 18 years of age and provides services when persons are found to be in need of protective services.

Protects elderly and impaired adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation; enables adults to remain in the least restrictive setting; and assesses Medicaid eligible adults for nursing home placement.

Foster Care manages the provision of services and treatment to a child who is in the legal custody of the Department due to abuse/neglect or the need for services. To be placed in foster care, the child must have been placed in the Department's custody by a Virginia court. Services are provided to the child and to the family to prevent further need for foster placement, and to achieve permanency.

Temporary care arranged for children who cannot be in their own homes and who have been placed in foster care by the court.

Places children who have been permanently and legally separated from their birth parents with a new family. It is a social and legal process which gives new parent(s) the same rights and obligations as biological parents. Adoption procedures are governed by Chapter 12 of the Code of Virginia. There are only two types of adoptive placements that are allowed by Virginia law. These are agency placements and non-agency placements. Children available for adoption have online profiles at www.adoptuskids.org/states/va/browse.aspx and https://www.dss.virginia.gov/family/ap/children_for_adoption.cgi. More information is available by calling 1-800-DO-ADOPT (1-800-362-3678).

Provides services, substitute care, and supervision for a child on a 24-hour basis until the child can return to his or her family or be placed in an adoptive home or another permanent situation. Local departments of social services provide training for foster parents. The training is designed to help foster parents understand and manage the needs of children in their care. For more information on becoming a foster, adoptive, resource or kinship parent, please contact your local department of social services or call (888)VDSS-2DA or (888)837-7232.

Local Virginia Department of Social Services office. investigates reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults sixty years of age or older and incapacitated adults age eighteen or older. If protective services are needed and accepted by the individual, local Adult Protective Services social workers may arrange for a wide variety of health, housing, social and legal services to stop the mistreatment or prevent further mistreatment. Services offered may include home based care, transportation, adult day services, adult foster care, nutrition services and legal intervention in order to protect the adult. Services may also be arranged for individuals in emergency situations who lack the capacity to consent to services.

Investigates complaints and corrects protective issues in cases of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

Provides protection for adults from abuse and neglect. Investigates and responds to reports of suspected abuse of disabled adults over age 18 and any person over age 60.