Main Office:  1616 E. Wooster St.  Bowling Green, Ohio 43402  Ph:  419.354.5437

Foster Parent Training

After becoming licensed, Famiy Foster Parents are required to complete 40 hours of continuing training every two years to maintain their license and Treatment Foster Parents are required to complete 60 hours of continuing training every two years.  Foster parents may complete 1/3 rd of these hours with online trainings or books and/or video trainings.  The remainder of the continuing training hours must be held in a classroom setting with an instructor present. 

Kids Count Too provides 2 hours per month of continuing training.  Our agency also provides child care during most of our continuing trainings as we understand how difficult it may be to find someone to care for foster children during this time.  Our training topics are determined based on the needs of our foster parents at the current time and the information that is provided on the foster parents training needs assessment forms, which are completed upon re-certification every two years.  Foster parents may choose to attend outside trainings at other facilities with the approval of the Administrator of Kids Count Too.