Foster Parent Training

Foster Parent Conference Interest Survey

Please take a moment to complete this brief survey to help us assess the best way to serve foster parents as we move forward with planning upcoming conferences.

Foster Parent Mentorship

The Foster Parent Mentorship Program is a group of seasoned foster parents trained to provide support, guidance, and education to newly approved foster parents (traditional and kin/relative) or experienced foster parents who may be needing additional support in an area. The goal of this statewide program is to create better-informed foster parents who have an awareness of community resources and a higher level of involvement in local foster parent associations resulting in higher foster parent retention rates.   A successful fostering experience can be attained by having support from other foster parents who have experience in caring for children in foster care.

If you are interested in participating as a mentee in the foster parent mentorship program, complete this form.

New Right Time Videos Added

We are excited to announce the addition of 10 new Right Time videos to our online training catalog.

Each of these trainings can be completed for one hour of training credit, which will meet the trauma-informed training requirement as well as the therapeutic training requirement for therapeutic foster homes. The new titles include:

-Accessing Services and Supports
-Building Parental Resilience
-Family Dynamics
-Life Story: Birth and Adoption Story
-Managing Placement Transitions
-Preparing for Adulthood
-Preparing for and Managing Visitation
-Responding to Children in Crisis
-Sensory Integration
-Sexual Trauma

Click here to access the new trainings. Complete the form for each video watched to receive credit. Please submit a separate form for each person.

View the Foster Parent Training Newsletter

Read the latest edition, or join our mailing list to stay up to date on new offerings each month.

Click here to view previous editions.

The Office of Training and Professional Development offers learning opportunities to assist current adoptive, foster, and kinship parents in support their efforts to provide a safe, nurturing, loving environment for the children in their care.

We also provide pre-approval training for prospective foster parents, in partnership with Harmony Family Center and New Vision, Inc.

Do you want to be a Foster Parent?

If you are interested in becoming a foster parent, please visit the Foster Care section of our website for more details. Potential foster parents are required to complete pre-approval training. Learn more about training requirements and view upcoming training groups.

Current Foster Parents

If you are already a DCS Foster Parent, please see below for information and helpful training links just for you.