Foster parenting.?

Question

What does a foster parent stabd for?His role?

Does the foster parent keep the child permantly or just for a while?

I always dreamed of beeing a foster parent.

I was just wondering is it the goverment who gives you the child to take care of?What do you have to do to be a foster parent?Are you financially helped when you are taking care of a foster child?

Please help.

Thank you☻

Salam

Answer 1

To be a foster parent, you are helping a child while the parents work on issues to get their children back.  Some kids go home, and some do not get a chance to move home.  If a child is not moving home, they may ask the foster parent to adopt but it is never expected, nor can a foster parent expect to adopt the child.  Sending a child back is the hardest thing in the world I have ever done.  (well not all kids lol some were easy)

The government gives money but it is to cover costs.

You call your nearest social services and tehy will walk, you through their processes, which will involve a homestudy and training.

Answer 2

http://www.adoptive-parenting.com/foster...

There are a number of significant differences between foster care and adoption for the foster/adoptive family involved, even when a child remains in the same household. Compared to foster care, adoption brings the following changes for the parents :

# Full legal responsibility for a child. Legal responsibility was held by the agency during the time the child was in foster care.

# Full financial responsibility for the child. Even if the family receives adoption assistance or a subsidy on behalf of the child, families are still responsible for financial obligations such as childcare and extracurricular activities.

# Full decision-making responsibility. While the child was in foster care, decision-making was shared with the agency and birth parent. When the child is adopted, adoptive parents take on this full responsibility.

# Attachment differences. The family is no longer working with the agency to help the child reunify with his/her parents; rather, they are now working to incorporate the child as a permanent member of their own family.

Answer 3

Foster children are placed by the state via the Department of Children's and Family Services (or the equivalent in each county,) usually in conjunction with the family court.  When a child is in foster care, the state is the child's legal guardian and provides for the child's needs through such means as financial assistance and placement in a foster home.

The foster parents receive training from the state in order to be licensed as foster parents.  Children in foster care are often there because of problems in the family that require the child be removed.  The goal is then to improve the family situation so that the child can return home.  The state, via the DCFS and the family court, monitors the family and the foster placement to make sure the child is receiving adequate care.

If the family situation is such that the child will never be able to return home, a child may end up in foster care permanently, although this doesn't mean the child will stay in the same foster home throughout his/her time in foster care.  The goal for these children whose parents' parental rights have been severed is to be adopted.  Foster placement is meant to be temporary, and is not the same as an adoption.  The foster parents are not legally the parents of this child.  When becomes an adult while in foster placement, the state is no longer is responsible for the child, so the foster placement is terminated.  

The state does provide a monthly stipend to the foster parents to provide for the needs of the child, although my understanding is that it is barely enough, if enough at all, to cover the costs to care for the child.

Answer 4

i was fostered a bit ago, as my mom was having some alcohol problems, i dont know about the legal side and all of that, But

My advice to you is that foster parents shouldn't imeadiatly judge a child, i was difficult at first, because i had been put with people i didnt know, like and had nothing in common with and was forced to live with them. My foster father found i liked ice skating and took me every week, and we became good friends, and after a while i became used to living with the family and settled down. so my advice is if you do foster, if they are difficult at first then give them time, and remember they dont know you, or trust you yet. But its very rewarding, im back with my mother and still contact my the family. Without them i would be a whole lot worse =]

Answer 5

Fostering is when you keep the child for a temporary time until they can be adopted or their family situation is worked out.

My parents did this and before they became licensed they had to take classes and then had to have a home evaluation where a social worker came to our house to tour it and ask us all questions about our family life. They did receive a monthly check to aid in helping to take care of the children(although this should NOT be your main reason for wanting to foster).

If this is something you're interested in then you need to research the requirements for your area and get in contact with someone that can help you.