Explore Foster Parenting Talks Help You Answer: Would You Make a Great Foster Parent?

Every day, 50-75 Sonoma County children and teens need a safe place to live in our community.

There’s an URGENT NEED for foster parents and adoptive families to open their homes to local foster children and give them a place they can feel safe, wanted and loved.

Learn more about becoming a foster or adoptive parent at Explore Foster Parenting, a one-hour discussion held monthly, 6-7 p.m., at Family, Youth and Children’s Services, 2255 Challenger Way, Suite 100, Santa Rosa.

Dates for 2019 are: Jan. 28, Feb. 25, March 25, April 22, May 20, June 24, July 22, Aug. 26, Sept. 23, Oct. 28, Nov. 25 and Dec. 16. For information and to reserve a seat, call (707) 565-4274.

Hear from experienced foster parents and local foster care agencies, including Alternative Family Services, Lilliput Families, the Sonoma County Human Services Department Family, Youth and Children's Services.

Learn about the different types of foster parents, so you can choose what fits for your family:

• Provide a temporary home as an emergency foster parent or foster parent,
• Foster parent a child with the potential of adoption, or
• Rent a room and act as a mentor to an older foster youth going to school or working.

For more about becoming a foster parent, visit sonomafostercare.org.