By Jeanne Albanese Anyone can be a foster or adoptive parent regardless of income, economic or marital status.
Prospective parents go through training, which includes a background check.
Foster and adoptive families receive services and stipends through foster care, adoption and post-adoption. From there, families will be referred to the agency that can best meet their needs. The Salvation Army, Toomey Residential and Community Services, Dunbar Association Family Find Program and Liberty Resources. Foster and adoptive homes are needed for children of all ethnic backgrounds and ages, especially teens. Some children have physical, mental or emotional disabilities.