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here’s how to be a

Foster
Parent.

Children in Texas foster care are waiting. Here is what it takes, and who to start with.

RequirementsFind an agency
A mother and young daughter laughing on porch steps, sharing a popsicle

First summer here

A family passing dishes around the dinner table

Sunday supper

200

more homes needed
in Region 2

Children in Texas foster care are waiting.

Are you willing to help?

Can you open your home and heart to provide care, support and encouragement to a child? If so, you will work with the child’s treatment team to help the child feel comfortable in your home and to receive the supportive and clinical services they need.

Foster Care & Adoption Information Meetings →

Are you:

  • committed to children and youth?
  • willing to work as part of a team?
  • patient?
  • consistent?
  • able to set good boundaries?

Quick facts

from Region 2

900

children are in foster care in Region 2, approximately.

200

more active foster homes would keep all children in their local communities.

8

is the average age of a child in foster care, statewide and in Region 2.

Taylor County

has the most children in foster care in the 30-county region.

Keep them
close to home.

Children from our Big Country & Texoma communities benefit from remaining in their home community while they are in foster care. Children experience less trauma when they can maintain contact with their brothers and sisters, extended family, friends, teachers and stay in their community!

Three siblings sitting together on a tailgate

brothers & sisters

A grandmother cooking with her grandson

extended family

Two kids riding bikes down a neighborhood street

friends

A teacher helping a student at a classroom desk

teachers

A family cheering in the stands at a hometown game

their community

How you
can help

We don’t just need foster homes. We need your help right where you live for the following:

Foster Care

Weeks or months of care while a child’s family works toward reunification.

Adoptions

For children who cannot return home, a permanent family.

Respite Care

Short-term care that gives a foster family rest and keeps a placement steady.

Babysitters

A few hours of trusted care so a foster family can keep an appointment.

Foster Home Support

Meals, rides, supplies, and the practical help neighbors are best at.

Dear future foster parent,

Thank you for helping a child from Big Country or Texoma by giving them a home. We are committed to see children return to their family when possible. We need families who will care for children for a period of weeks or months while they wait to reunify with their family. When reunification is not possible and children can’t live with their family, we need families who will do whatever it takes to provide children with bright futures including adoption.

We Need More Foster Parents

get involved

Find an agency near you.

We are always happy to provide more information on becoming a licensed foster parent. Start with an agency serving your county, or send us a contact request.

Region
2

Where do you live?

or send a contact request →