The training is designed to provide you with knowledge and skills needed to work with children with special needs. Foster parents receive a monthly payment for the care of the foster child. The rate of payment is based on the child's age and special needs. All foster children receive Title XIX medical insurance. Foster parents do not provide separate insurance coverage for the foster child.
Foster parents receive support and supervision in many ways.
The foster parent works in cooperation with the social worker who placed the child in their home. The placement worker provides supervision and support for the duration of the child's placement. The foster home licensing worker is also a resource for foster parents. The licensing worker is available to answer general questions, provide support, approve relicensure, and to advise of changes in laws or policy which may affect foster parents. The foster home recruiter is a resource to provide initial contact information, information regarding local foster parent support groups, training, business support activities, and state-wide activities which affect foster parents.