Requirements
1. Must received orientation before receiving applications
2. Complete the following forms:
- Application.
- Record clearance (Criminal and Child Protective Services check). Must be completed by everyone in the home 18 years of age or older.
- Medical clearance (to be signed by a physician); required for everyone in the home.
- Bethany questionnaire (employment, education, and family info, children preferences, etc.).
- Self study (detailed persona history).
- Home inspection by licensing worker (must have carbon monoxide detector, windows must be large enough in bedroom for exit by family member).
- Provide at least three references (non-relatives).
- Local police check (you may go to your county police station and request your records, or fill out a Bethany form that we can send in for you).
- Driving record (can be requested at you DMV, or fill out a Bethany form that we can send in for you).
- W-2/Pay stub.
3. Foster Parent Training
- Complete PRIDE (Parent Resource Information, Development, and Education) Training (view training dates)
4. Forms to be read and signed:
- Verification of orientation and receipt of application
- Parent/Agency agreement
- Discipline policy