Procedures for Child Foster Care Licensing
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| 1. Contact Charlene Beavers at 328-6412 or 328-6400 expressing your interest and questions about becoming an Olmsted County foster parent. |
2. If interest continues the prospective applicant will arrange attendance at an informational session and Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship (FAK) Trainings. |
3. At the informational session the application for foster care and additional information will be distributed. |
4. When the application and other paperwork have been completed, signed, and returned to the agency a licensing worker will be assigned and will start the licensing process. |
5. The licensing worker will set up an appointment to meet you in your home for a home inspection. A visit from the State Fire Marshal may be required. |
6. When the previous listed requirements have been met the licensor will do a home study. This will include several interviews with prospective foster parents and their children. The contents of the home study will include family relationships, family activities, discipline techniques, communication skills, expectations of foster care, and ages and types of foster children desired. |
7. The licensing process may take three to four months to complete depending on the amount of time it takes to gather all of the information required. |
8. When the application is completed the agency will forward its licensing recommendations to the Department of Human Services.
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