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Join Our Team--Make a Difference in a Child’s Life
What is foster care?
  • Care from a temporary, supplemental family for the child.
  • For children who must be separated from their birth or legal families for a planned period of time.

    • Who are the children in need of foster care?

  • They usually come from families with problems.

  • They may have been abused, neglected or abandoned.

  • They may be brothers and sisters who need to stay together.

  • They may be teenagers who need a safe place to live.

  • They may have health or behavioral problems and need a family to help them grow and learn.

    How do I qualify to become a Tabor foster parent?

  • You must be 21 or older.

  • You and everyone in your family age 18 and older must have a police and a child abuse clearance.

  • You attend foster parent training.

  • A foster care social worker from Tabor Children’s Services will complete your home study.

    • What do foster parents do?

  • Parent a child 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

  • Provide for the physical, social and emotional needs of a child.

  • Work as part of a team with the Tabor social worker and others on behalf of the child and the child’s birth family.

  • Actively participate in any health, educational or therapeutic services needed by the child.

  • Support the child’s relationship with the child’s birth family.

    • What Tabor provides:

  • A social worker who works with the foster child, birth family and you..

  • Training and social activities.

  • A monthly stipend, based on the needs of the child, to cover items such as clothing, transportation and an allowance.

  • Medical Assistance card for most children.

    • How do I start the process?

    • Call Tabor Children’s Services, toll-free: 1-800-220-3449, extension 328.

    • Just tell us you are interested in learning more about the joys, rewards and challenges of foster parenting.

    Foster parenting can be rewarding and challenging. When you make a positive difference in a child’s life, you make a difference in your life, too. Foster parents tell us they receive as much love and joy from their foster children as they give.