Training and Resources

Foster / Adopt families and individuals must completed training requirements prior to consideration:

• Orientation to Becoming a Foster/ Adoptive Parent/Family (4 Hours)
• Pre-Service (35 hours; up to 10 hours earned past 35 hours can count towards annual training hours)
• General Pre-Service – Roles of Caregivers, Emergency Procedures, Permanency and Service Planning, Visitation Matters (8 Hours)
• Emergency Behavior Intervention – SAMA (8 Hours)
• CPR / First Aid / Bloodborne Pathogens / Preventing Communicable Disease (4 Hours)
• Water Safety (1 Hour)
• Car Seat Installation (2 Hours)
• Cultural Diversity (3 Hours)
• Defensive Driving – Online Course (3 hours)