Provides foster parent training. Offers approval of homes for foster child placement. Places abused, neglected, and abandoned infants and toddlers in foster homes. As well as emergency shelter care.
Eligibility: Resident of Santa Barbara County or Southern San Luis Obispo County
Parents must be between the ages of 25-70 and have the ability to provide stability and consistency, love, support, and care to a young child/children in foster care.
Good physical and mental health to ensure you can meet the needs of young children coming into your home (a physical exam may be required.)
May be married, single, divorced, LGBTQ+ or any religious background.
Financial stability (varies based on family size, debt, income, and assets).
May own or rent your home and must have adequate space for an additional child.
Must have at least one full-time parent in the home.
Youngest child in household must be at least two years old.
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