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.

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.

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.

Responsible for providing 24-hour care for youth ordered into PDSS custody, for providing services to family members which promote the child's return to the birth family, and for providing custody studies, home family assessments, and ensuring parental rights are legally terminated if the child is adopted.

Ideally, at-risk children should remain with their actual families whenever possible. Although foster care services offered by the state of Virginia make every effort to keep them together, it is not always possible. Once it is determimed that a child must leave the family unit and go into foster care, a host of other services becomes available to them, which are designed to promote child safety and well being within a nurturing, family environment. Foster Care Services include: *Placement services; *Teaching independent living skills; *Physical or mental health treatment; *Mentoring; *Opportunity for a permanent living situation.

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. Foster Care services are available only at the Verona Office: (540) 245-5800

Foster care is intended to be a temporary rather than a long-term solution for children who have been removed from their birth family homes for reasons of neglect, abuse, abandonment, or other issues endangering their health and/or safety.

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.

Temporary care is arranged for children who cannot be in their own homes, due to abuse, neglect, etc.

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.

Foster Care Services: Ideally, at-risk children should remain with their actual families whenever possible. Although foster care services offered by the state of Virginia make every effort to keep them together, it isn't always possible. Once it is determimed that a child must leave the family unit and go into foster care, a host of other services becomes available to them, which are designed to promote child safety and well being within a nurturing, family environment. Placement Services: This involves placing a child with a foster family, group home, residential children's facility or an independent living arrangement. Teaching Independent Living Skills: Services are designed to help foster kids ages 14 through 21 to develop the skills necessary to transition from foster care to self-sufficiency. Personal development skills such as self esteem, communication skills, decision making, conflict resolution and anger management are emphasized. Physical or Mental Health Treatment: This service often includes help with substance abuse, depression, socialization,ADHD, nutritional deficiency, pregnancy, and physical disabilities. Mentoring: *Providing good role models for parents; *Role modeling such as Big Brother/Big Sister programs; *Tutoring. Opportunity for a Permanent Living Situation: Involves fostering relationships between children and relatives or previous caregivers. For older youth leaving care this might include helping find an apartment or a roommate.

Foster Care services are intended to be a temporary response for children and families in crisis. Foster care provides a safe and stable environment for children until the issues are resolved. If the issues cannot be resolved by the childrens parents then other options are sought, including placement with relatives, adoption, or independent living.

Provides counseling, supervision, placements, and supportive services to or on behalf of children, who are in the custody of the Department of Social Services.

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.

Holston Family Services is a ministry of Holston United Methodist Home for Children. Services include adoption, foster care, in-home services, and therapy.

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.

Provides a range of case management, treatment and community services to a child, abused or neglected whose custody has been given to the local agency. It is intended to be a temporary solution to a child. Placement may be with a foster family, group living arrangement, a residential treatment facility or an independent living situation.

Ideally, at-risk children should remain with their actual families whenever possible. Although foster care services offered by the state of Virginia make every effort to keep them together, it is not always possible. Once it is determimed that a child must leave the family unit and go into foster care, a host of other services becomes available to them, which are designed to promote child safety and well-being within a nurturing, family environment. Services include placement, teaching independent living skills, physical or mental health treatment, mentoring, and opportunities for permanent living situations.

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.

Ideally, at-risk children should remain with their actual families whenever possible. Although foster care services offered by the state of Virginia make every effort to keep them together, it is not always possible. Once it is determimed that a child must leave the family unit and go into foster care, a host of other services becomes available to them, which are designed to promote child safety and well-being within a nurturing, family environment. Foster Care services include: placement services * teaching independent living skills * physical or mental health treatment * mentoring, and * opportunities for permanent living situations.

Foster care is intended to be a temporary rather than a long-term solution for children who have been removed from their birth family homes for reasons of neglect, abuse, abandonment, or other issues endangering their health and/or safety. Every effort is made to help the child remain with his or her family, however, when a child comes into foster care they are most often placed in a foster home. The foster family works as a team with the local department of social services, the biological family, the child (when applicable) and any additional community partners.

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.

Ideally, at-risk children should remain with their actual families whenever possible. Although foster care services offered by the state of Virginia make every effort to keep them together, it is not always possible. Once it is determined that a child must leave the family unit and go into foster care, other services becomes available to them, which are designed to promote child safety and well-being within a nurturing, family environment. Services include: *Placement services; *Teaching independent living skills; *Physical or mental health treatment; *Opportunity for a permanent living situation.

Foster care is the provision of substitute family living for children (under age 21) on a 24-hour basis. Foster care is provided only after all reasonable efforts have been made to maintain the child's family unit.