Foster Care and Adoption Program

The HHH Foster and Adoption Program places approximately 145 children each year in loving homes, recruits and trains foster families, and facilitates and completes adoptions.

Have you ever thought about fostering a child?

The HHH Foster and Adoption Program places approximately 145 children each year in loving homes, recruits and trains foster families, and facilitates and completes adoptions.

Join our Virtual information session

Learn more about how you can become a foster or adoptive parent.

  • Connect with other prospective parents
  • Get answers to your questions
  • Understand foster care dynamics
  • Every 3rd Wednesday of the month
  • 6:00 PM
  • Meeting ID: 894 1105 8890 | Passcode: 554312
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Providing Safe and Loving Homes

Foster Care

Basic Foster Care is for children from birth to 18 years old who need a loving home but do not require additional specialized treatment services.

 

Therapeutic Foster Care is a specialized type of foster care for children requiring a little more guidance and structure to help them be successful at home, in school and with their families and friends. Children eligible for this program have experienced severe abuse and/or neglect. Some children may be placed in foster care immediately after removal from their homes, while others may be coming from a treatment facility for abused children.

 

This is a very good foster and adoption service, and we enjoyed the help from everyone there. Very warm and loving group.

Photo Credit:  Jessica Klima Photography

Creating Forever Homes: Foster Care & Adoption

We are looking for foster and adoptive parents who:

  • Are caring, responsible individuals willing to be part of a professional team.
  • Are willing to learn about the dynamics of working with children who have difficult histories.
  • Are at least 25 years old, have a valid driver′s license, and proof of automobile insurance.
  • Are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
  • Are single individuals or married couples. If married, have been married for one year or longer.
  • Possess a high school diploma or GED and can pass a criminal background and Child Abuse Registry Check and drug test.
  • Participate fully in the screening and training process, which includes a home study.
  • Provide adequate income to meet their personal and family needs outside of any financial support from foster care reimbursements.
  • Have ample space in the home for children.
  • Do not have any unrelated household members.

Our commitment to a positive foster care experience:

  • Foster families receive support from foster care staff, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • Foster families receive Trust-Based Relational Intervention training before and during their time of providing care for foster children.
  • This training helps them meet the special needs of the foster children.
  • Foster families receive two days of paid respite per child each month.
  • Foster families receive guidance navigating community resources including therapy, daycare, and afterschool care.
  • Foster families receive assistance with the challenges of parenting emotionally disturbed children from foster care support groups.
  • Foster families receive adequate financial support to meet the needs of foster children.
  • Foster families receive monthly ongoing training with free childcare following verification.
  • Foster families receive continued support from the Family Support Specialist Program.

Quotes from Foster and Adopting Families

"I can’t even begin to count the number of times I tell my family and friends that we made the right decision to go with HHH as our agency. Every situation we have run into I have confidence that myself and my fosters always have someone on our side that was can count on to be there for us. [We] love being a part of this wonderful agency."

"We feel very supported by our case manager and HHH family."

"I am very appreciative of the entire Helping Hand Home team! Thank you for being such a supportive group of talented people who love children."

“You guys are the absolute best!”

“I love Helping Hand Home and hope to be involved in one capacity or another for a long time.”

One Family’s Journey

If you are considering becoming a foster parent, look no further than HHH foster parent, and co-founder and President of Carrying Hope, Kristin Finan for inspiration. Kristin will tell you how fostering has positively impacted her family in more ways than she could have ever imagined. We are so blessed to have foster parents like Kristin, who have dedicated their lives to helping children in need. She has opened her heart and home to some of the most vulnerable youth and we are so grateful.

“It will change your life…This has been the hardest thing we’ve ever considered doing in our lives, but it has been the greatest. And I wouldn’t trade a minute of it, even the hardest minute, for anything because it’s been so incredible.”