Foster Orientation - Step 1 and 2 - Thank You

Create a Brighter Future for Arizona Children

There are many Arizona children in need of safe, supportive, and loving homes to help them thrive.

That’s where you come in.

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What’s Next?

I Just Want to Learn More

Read more about children in foster care and what it takes to be a foster parent.

  • What makes a good Foster Parent?
  • What does the road to fostering look like?
  • What resources are available?
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I’m Ready to Get Started

Continue your journey by completing orientation match with agencies that fit your needs:

  • Fostering Orientation
  • Adoption Orientation
  • Kinship Orientation
  • Get Matched with an Agency
Continue My Journey
Why consider fostering or adoption?
Children come into the care of the state through absolutely no fault of their own. And through fostering or adoption, you’re able to help provide a caring, nurturing environment where they can heal from past experiences and trauma and grow to their fullest potential. People who are called to foster or adopt all share one thing in common--the desire to help the most vulnerable children thrive..

Fostering, Adoption, Kinship Care? What’s the difference?

Kinship Care

Kinship care is the temporary placement of a child with a family member or someone close to the family. The ultimate goal of kinship care is for the child to reunify with their birth family.

Fostering

Fostering is the temporary placement of a child in your care after their removal from an unfit living environment. The ultimate goal of foster care is reunification with their birth family.

Adoption

Adoption is the permanent placement of a child in your care. You become the legal guardian of the child, and the birth family’s involvement in the child’s life may vary from case to case.

I’m ready to get started!