That's why the Peacemaking Committee urges your congregation to sponsor an educational forum on foster care and adoption, provided by a local faith-based agency called ChildServ. The Gift of Foster Care Foster care provides a temporary home for sustenance, nurturing, and love, while efforts are made to reunite children with their birth families. Homes for sibling groups are especially needed. Separation from birth parents is easier when a child maintains relationships with siblings, and continues to receive their emotional support. In addition to traditional foster care and care in the home of a relative , there are two other types of foster care.
Respite care is provided by a licensed foster home on a short-term basis, such as a weekend.
Respite care allows the regular foster care parent to attend a conference, takea weekend away, or attend to family matters like a funeral. This is a good way for persons interested in providing foster care to get started. Emergency Care is necessary when there is a disruption in the foster home and the child must be removed for a brief time. The goal is to re-stabilize the foster home and then return the child. The goal of foster care is the speedy return of the child to the birth family.