Foster Parenting Opportunities in Ohio

Once you become a licensed foster parent, you will be able to provide temporary care for children who have been removed from their families because of emotional, sexual, or physical abuse. Some children are in our care due to situations involving neglect or cases where the parents aren't able to care for their children as they should. Foster parents provide day-to-day care and guidance to these children until they can be reunited with his or her birth family or they are adopted. Our staff will work closely with you and your family to provide the best possible care for the foster youth in your home and to make each placement as successful as possible.

If a child is unable to be reunited with their biological family or become adopted, they sometimes will stay in foster care until they are fully emancipated. Our staff works directly with the foster families to meet and best identify the needs of the child or children in their homes. When you are a foster parent, you become the temporary family for the child or children in your care, which includes providing daily necessities such as food, shelter, and clothing. This should be given with guidance, love, stability, and discipline. You must also tend to any medical needs or counseling, if necessary and/or required by the custodial/county agency.