Foster Caregiver Recruitment
Government of Alberta - Ministry of Children and Family Services
- Description
- Recruits adults interested in providing full-time temporary care for children.
Service provides:
- recruitment of adults interested in providing full-time temporary care for children or youth when the biological family is unable or unwilling to assume responsibility for the child
- training, support, and financial compensation for foster caregivers or caregivers caring for children or youth placed in their home
May include:
- Kinship Care in a family home that is approved to care for a child because of a family connection or significant relationship to the child
- Indigenous Foster Caregiver Program that supports Indigenous families interested in providing full-time, temporary care for Indigenous children
- private guardianship
- adoption
- Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to:
- residents of Alberta
- 18 years and older
- in a stable relationship for at least 12 months
- physically and metally capable of caring for children
- with a separate residence apart from other caregivers
- who are financially stable and living within their means
- Application Process
- Service Access: Application Required, To access service:
- contact for more information or to apply
- a Home Study
- 3 personal references
- a medical reference
- a Criminal Record Check including Vulnerable Sector Search
- and a Child Intervention Record Check for all adults 18 years and older who live in the home
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: Yes,Contact for details.
- Toll Free
- 1-844-957-0552 (Provincial)
- Telephone
- 403-297-5957 (Calgary Region)
- Telephone
- 403-340-5030 (Central Region)
- Telephone
- 780-422-3333 (Edmonton Region)
- Telephone
- 780-815-4050 (North Region)
- 403-529-3607 (South Region) - Telephone
- Web Site
- https://www.alberta.ca/become-foster-caregiver
- fostercaregiving@gov.ab.ca(Provincial); info@fostercalgary.com(CalgaryRegion); cs.centralcaregiverintake@gov.ab.ca(CentralRegion); cs.edmcaregiverintake@gov.ab.ca(EdmontonRegion); cs.northregioncaregiver@gov.ab.ca(NorthRegion); cs.southregionfostercareinquiries@gov.ab.ca(SouthRegion)
- Languages
- English
- Fees
- Fee: Yes,
Fees for Criminal Record Check.
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: N/A -
Other disabled access: N/A - - Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- November 29, 2023
- Hours of Operation
- Mon08:15 AM to 04:30 PMTue08:15 AM to 04:30 PMWed08:15 AM to 04:30 PMThu08:15 AM to 04:30 PMFri08:15 AM to 04:30 PM
Closed statutory holidays.
