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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