Children can be brought into foster care because they are unable to be cared for in their home. Many of these children and youth have experienced trauma and loss and require support and stability.
Children and youth needing foster care placements can come from diverse ethnic, cultural, and religious family backgrounds. Sibling groups admitted to care are whenever possible placed together. Each child is a unique individual, with a unique set of needs.
Children can remain in the care of the Children’s Aid up to 18 years of age, and after 18 years of age can enter into a CCSY (Continued Care and Support for Youth) Agreement. Through this agreement young adults are provided with ongoing support and monetary assistance
Highland Shores Children’s Aid has a need for foster homes for all age groups and with various levels of skills, experience and training. There is also a need for foster parents who wish to work with teens and sibling groups, those with complex special needs, unique characteristics and circumstances.
The Society is also looking for respite foster parents who provide temporary relief to foster parents currently fostering for Highland Shores.
Kin in Care
A Kin in Care home is a family or individual known to the child and who have been approved by the Society to provide ongoing care to that child.
Kin in Care homes go through the same assessment and approval process as a foster parent, for a specific child. The child is placed in the legal custody of the Society, with the Kin in Care caregiver providing the full-time care and nurturing that the child requires, with ongoing support from Society staff.
Kin are considered first as a placement option when it is determined the child requires out-of-home care. Kin in Care is a desirable placement option for children as it is less disruptive and traumatic to the child as the child already has a relationship with the caregiver.
- What Do Foster Parents Do?
- Who Can Become a Foster Parent?
- What is Involved in Becoming a Foster Parent?
- Who Are Foster Children?
- Types of Foster Care
- Foster Parent Training & Support
- National Foster Family Week
- Learn More about Becoming a Foster Parent
- Children and Youth Who Need Full-time or Relief Foster Families