Who will I be working with?
- License & Training Social Worker (LTSW) - This worker helps you become licensed and makes sure you complete training. They answer questions and help prepare you to welcome a child into your home.
- Foster Family/Kinship Social Worker (FFSW/KSW) - This is your main support person as a foster parent. They are assigned to work with you and your family during your time as a foster parent. They check in with you often, help you care for the child in your home, ensure you have access to the supports you need, and help you problem solve.
- Child's Social Worker - This worker is assigned to your foster child and their family. You will be in contact with them about things like the child’s history, medical/dental care, education and IEP needs, visitation with family, court updates and plans, and out-of-town travel permission. They will also regularly visit the child in your home.
- Foster Parent Ambassador – Ambassadors are experienced foster parents and they are incredible! They are true foster care veterans – available to answer questions you have about the process of becoming a foster parent or how to tackle situations that may arise when caring for a foster child. Ask your worker to connect you.
- Family Resource Liaison (FRL) - Family resource liaisons are experienced foster, pre- adoptive or kinship parents who volunteer to provide support to other foster parents. They coordinate training, lead support groups and provide guidance on issues such as birth parent visitation, coping with emotions when foster children leave your home, foster and adoptive parents’ rights, and administrative matters. Ask your worker for more info.
- Adolescent and Young Adult Services - Teens in foster care, or who have left foster care, can get extra help with educational costs, housing, job/career support and more. You can learn more on the Adolescent and young adult services page.
- Child’s Attorney - All children in foster care are assigned an attorney who meets with them, usually intheir homes or at school.
- Probation Officer - When a family is involved with the court, a probation officer may be assigned to the family provide updates to the court. They may visit the foster child in your home to ask how things are going and to check out the home and where the child is sleeping.