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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.

Virginia 211

Foster parents are people (single or married; employed inside or outside the home) who open their homes to a child or children and are committed to meet the individual needs of the child or children. Foster parents work in partnership with the child, the agency and the birth parents to help in resolving problems and reuniting the family whenever possible. Adults, over the age of 18, may become foster parents. To become a foster parent, please visit the agency and a social worker can provide you with information. You may also visit the foster care page for details.

Virginia 211

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.

Virginia 211

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.

Virginia 211

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. Call the Culpeper Human Services screening and referral intake center for eligibility and required documentation at (540)727-0372.

Virginia 211

Reunification of the family by correcting problems that ultimately led to the Foster Care placement. This involves working with the natural family, the child, the foster family, the court, and various community resources. The Child Welfare Unit is responsible for the recruitment, approval, and re-evaluation of foster care homes. A volunteer Foster Care program is offered to families in need of respite care for their children.

Virginia 211

Temporary care is arranged for children who cannot be in their own homes.

Virginia 211

Temporary care is arranged for children who cannot be in their own homes.

Virginia 211

Provides casework, treatment, and community services to a child who has been abused or neglected or is in need of services due to the death or incapacitation of a child's parent(s) or legal guardian. Foster care is meant to be a temporary solution while the agency secures a permanent placement for a child.

Virginia 211

The Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program provides comprehensive foster care services to refugee minors who enter the U.S. without parents or other adult relatives to care for them. The program also serves unaccompanied children in federal custody. Provides foster care to refugee minors who have fled their home because of war or persecution due to their race, religion or political affiliation. Referrals for children received from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Virginia 211

Temporary care arranged for children who cannot be in their own homes and who have been placed in foster care by the court. Services provided for children and families include: Foster family home placement Group home or residential placement, Independent living home placement, Housing assistance, Parent training Intensive home-based services, Independent Living Skills training, Respite care services, Medical assistance Therapeutic, mental health and substance abuse counseling. Any service identified on the child's service plan as being needed to achieve the permanency goal.

Virginia 211

Provides a loving, nurturing home for children who are homeless or in a family crisis

Virginia 211

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, 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 independent living.

Virginia 211

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. Also offers formal and informal kinship services. Services available through the foster care program includes placement services, teaching independent living skills, physical or mental health treatment, mentoring, and transition and independent living with a roommate.

Virginia 211

The provision of placement services for at-risk children whose parents are temporarily unable to provide care for them. Children may be placed in private approved foster homes, therapeutic foster homes, group homes or residential facilities.

Virginia 211

Provides placement for children in need of foster care and services to the children and their families.

Virginia 211

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.

Virginia 211

Temporary care is arranged for Gloucester children who cannot be in their own homes, generally as a result of parental abuse or neglect.

Virginia 211

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.

Virginia 211

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.

Virginia 211

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

Virginia 211

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.

Virginia 211

Foster care is a program that 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 placement

Virginia 211

The Virginia Department of Social Services Foster Care Program provides homes and 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.

Virginia 211

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.

Virginia 211