Mentoring Program - This Mentoring Program assists newly licensed foster and adoptive families. Currently there is a Reimbursement Program to reimburse families for third party damages. The initial training is 24 hours and the yearly on-going training for licensed families is 21 hours per year. Foster Care Advisory Committee - This Committee addresses systems issues and policy and procedure issues negatively impacting foster and adoptive families. There are a lot of wonderful programs and incentives to interest parents to become foster and adoptive parents.
Single parents are also highly encouraged to become parents.
The County of Santa Clara and the Department of Family and Children's Services are aware of the recruiting problem and are centralizing the process. They are constantly working on ways to improve the current system. We need the community's help in finding temporary and permanent home placement for the children of our community.